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Maria Edith

and mentality were also very different from what I was used to. This
applied most of all to the person with whom I was living.
Now, here I really learned what stress was, and also got to learn
what physical suffering was.
Because of the stress and the need to study to get good position in
life, my body gave up and I started to suffer different complaints. The
most uncomfortable were cramps in my neck and nausea. I could eat
almost nothing. The days passed and my complaints grew. In South
America my sister was dying of cancer and I was here in Europe,
thousands of kilometers away, suffering for her and with my physical
complaints. At the same time, I needed to concentrate on what I
had to do to continue my journey in a country that was beautiful
and different, but certain people were strange and complicated. The
nausea increased and the neck cramps barely allowed me to write or
study. The final examination was approaching and my concern was
mounting. I no longer felt my body was mine but something very
strange. I felt lonely even though I was married. I had no connection
to my body. I had lost it. My body was no longer responding.
Once, I took a bath to try to alleviate the symptoms in my neck.
A couple of minutes later my husband took me out of the tube crying
and screaming because of pain. The only way I could feel better was
when I laid down on a completely flat surface.
I went on and on because I had to reach my goals. I am very
persistent. This is actually a very positive side of someone’s personality
but too much persistence finally becomes negative. The balance must
be always in equilibrium; I ignored what my body was telling me.
This situation became so serious that when I went for the final
examination of my study, I asked if I could possibly lie down to answer
the questions in the case the cramps occurred while I was answering
the questions. The people who monitor the test agreed to it.

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