Surviving Narcolepsy Tip #19: Laugh it up fuzzball!

When dealing with Narcolepsy, or any disability really, but particularly one like Narcolepsy the only way to successfully survive with your sanity at least somewhat intact is to maintain a good sense of humor about your plight. The more you can laugh at yourself and poke fun at the condition, and the more the people closest to you do the same in good fun, the better off your going to be.

Case in point:

Last night while Wii-ing with friends, Bill, who unbeknownst to me is watching the video I posted like three posts ago, asks me in a mocking and sarcastic tone, "So Jim have you ever fallen asleep dancing?!" (watch the video and that joke makes way more sense to you).

I rolled my eyes and said "ALL THE TIME! Doesn't everybody?"

Everyone chuckled. Another friend then asked, while still chuckling, "Hey Jim how often do you fall asleep in your cereal?"

My response: "Cereal?! I can't eat cereal or soup! I'm not even allowed to eat anything that's mostly liquid unless there is a lifeguard on duty!"

More chuckles.

Case in point #2:

I woke up about 11:30am to find a note on my computer telling me to call my Pops. So I dialed Dad at work and he asked, "Did you just wake up?"

"Yeah"

To which he said, "you lazy bum. You'd think you have some sort of disease or something."

Haha, so that was a nice laugh to wake up to.

Trust me life with Narcolepsy or with a narcoleptic is a lot better if you can life with them about it. Which I suppose is true about everything and everyone, but as a Narcoleptic, so much time is spent hiding who you are/what you have, avoiding people or explaining/defending a good sense of humor about it all goes a long way!