You can’t stop the weather, but you can learn to adjust your sails. One of the most demoralizing experiences of living with chronic illness is pouring all of your effort and energy into doing the “right” things to manage your symptoms and still ending up in a debilitating flare.
I’ve been dealing with chronic illness for most of my 20s, and after a decade of working with pain psychologists and health coaches, reading countless books, and developing a strong mindfulness practice, I still find myself in the trap of feeling like I’ve done something “wrong” when pain ramps up. These thought patterns can be relentless and wreak havoc on my psyche.
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