Tag: coping strategy

Accepting ‘Chronic Illness’ (Updated Post) | Carole Scrafton

Post author By fibrofly73
Post date July 20, 2018

Acceptance is often viewed as a grieving process, which is a great way to look at it because we do mourn our old lives from when we were fit and agile.

It can be a very emotional and anxious time because our lives need to change in so many ways so that we can adapt them to what our illnesses will allow us do. We do mourn the losses of our independence, mobility, social contact and possibly even our jobs / livelihoods.

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Fibromyalgia / CFS / Anxiety & Depression / Invisible Illness: The vicious circle of ‘Catch 22’ & Setbacks versus Flares: Which is which?

Post author By fibrofly73
Post date March 3, 2018

Do you have Fibromyalgia, Chronic Pain, Chronic Fatigue, Fog, Depression and/or Anxiety or any other Illness where you flare from time to time and one illness rubs onto another one making you feel worse? Do you know the difference between a flare and a setback? Many people don’t and often treat themselves for a flare […]

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#ChronicIllness Morning Post: A selection of online health related newspapers/magazines…

Post author By fibrofly73
Post date February 24, 2018

Here’s a few links to my favourite online newspapers for finding a variety of health related news from other Chronic Illness Bloggers & Warriors, for up to date news about health conditions such as latest research papers or people sharing hints and tips about how they cope day to day. – Carole Scrafton (Admin and Founding member of FibroFlutters)
aka fibrofly73 / scrufton73