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Loving Yourself Isn't Easy When Chronically Ill

There are insurmountable challenges when living with chronic illness. The constant, excruciating pain. The neverending fatigue that even the longest night's sleep refuses to fix. The endless anxiety of never knowing when symptoms will strike next, leaving you incapable of doing well, anything. But one challenge is often overlooked. And that challenge is the ability to love yourself. No, loving yourself isn't easy when chronically ill. When we are diagnosed with a chronic illness, we wish we could break up...

Chronic Illness

5 Ways To Find Self-Love When Chronically Ill

Feb 13. 2020

It can be especially challenging to find love ourselves, for example, when living with chronic illness. Why is this? Because when living with a chronic illness, self-esteem becomes heavily impacted. When constantly sick and in pain, we too are confronted with the many negative changes that our body undergoes. As a result, it can foster a deep hatred of our bodies. We find ourselves constantly exhausted when always on edge, waiting for the next imminent hurdle or setback. ...

Chronic Illness, Link-Up Party with A Chronic Voice

Finding Beauty in Life With A Chronic Illness

Feb 16. 2019

Sheryl from A Chronic Voice, as well as sharing her own stories and lessons with chronic illness. Sheryl is an excellent support to other bloggers and writers living with illness and chronic pain. One such way is through monthly link-up parties whereby bloggers and writers share their stories through given prompts. As it's February and generally considered the month of love, I thought I would use this month's prompts to discern ways we can find beauty and love life despite the significant cost that chronic illness has on our existence. Adjusting Adjusting: Verb. Alter or move (something) slightly to achieve the desired fit, appearance or result The first step to rebuilding life in...