Tag: chronic illness
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Mental Health and Chronic Illness: You’re Not Alone
For those of us living with chronic illness, mental health can be complicated. Pain, fatigue, isolation, and the invisible weight of managing a body that doesn’t always cooperate affects how we feel emotionally. And while our culture often separates “physical health” and “mental health,” the truth is, they’re deeply connected.
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Is My Illness My Fault? Making Peace with the Past and Finding Purpose Anyway
There was a time I believed my health struggles were what I understood to be “Karma”. That all the pain in my body was punishment for not being “good enough”—not good enough in my choices, my past, my relationships. I don’t believe that anymore (and I didn’t understand what Karma actually was).
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Living Fully with Chronic Illness: Why I’m Expanding My Blog Beyond Food
Life with chronic illness is learning how to rest without guilt. How to find joy on days your body won’t cooperate. How to advocate for yourself in medical settings. Being sick is learning how to do things differently with the understanding that there isn’t a “right” way to make a life.
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