Chronic Illness Challenge: Day 21
Day 21: What websites or networks have you used for information about your illness?
Loving My Chronically Ill Body
It’s hard to love a body that doesn’t work the way it should. But I’ve realized it could be so much worse. I have a lot to be thankful for. So I’m going to give thanks for what I do have.
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Chronic Illness Challenge: Day 20
Day 20: Have you ever met anyone with the same illness? Did it help?
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The Guilt of Chronic Illness
Guilt is probably one of the most common emotions felt by an individual with chronic illness. At least it is for me, I can’t speak for others. Not because we necessarily feel guilty about ourselves, but often times we are made to feel that way by those we encounter, although it is usually not…
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Chronic Illness Challenge: Day 19
Day 19: How do you feel about the future?
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Shipwrecked: Back to Basics
“Whereas the early stages of shipwreck entail a sense of panic, a frantic kind of triage, trying to figure out what we can salvage and what we cannot, eventually we have to slow down…and return to those primary colors. In order to not drown, we have to find a way to ground our bodies…
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Chronic Illness Challenge: Day 18
Day 18: Do you think you have become a better person through being ill? I’m not the same person I was before I became ill. I certainly wasn’t a bad person before; I was generally happy, compassionate, funny, and caring. And I still have those things.
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Chronic Illness Challenge: Day 17
Day 17: How would things be different if you weren’t ill? Oh boy. Let’s begin dreaming, shall we?
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Shipwrecked: Holding On, Letting Go
“You may find that your grief and sense of loss over the world you once knew seem endless. And yet there are possibilities and potentialities within you that are more endless still. What is this unseen force that carries you forward despite yourself? Why can you not seem to choke, always and forever, your own…
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Chronic Illness Challenge: Day 16
Day 16: What is your favorite inspirational quote?
