The Useful Tips For Making Peace With Chronic Disease

 Mental health is vital to overall health and well-being. Suffering from chronic diseases can bring feelings of fear, sadness, and anxiety. Uncertainty about your illness may bring you many questions, such as "Will I get better? How will it affect my daily life? Do I need help from others? How will it affect my relationships? As per the data from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), people with chronic diseases may be more likely to develop depression. As chronic diseases, mental health conditions are also treatable.

Many strategies can help you improve your health and thus make you better. Looking after your physical and emotional health can help you cope better with chronic diseases. Besides, in the book, "Resilience," the author Patricia Scott shares her journey of surviving a liver transplant and explains how one should fight a life-threatening disease and lead a meaningful life.


This article highlights the useful tips for making peace with chronic disease.

1)      Stop Blaming Yourself


It indeed is hard enough to deal with the complexities of everyday pain or disease. Also, when we increase self-blame in the equation, our mental pain will multiply. But this is a pain in which we can do something. We have to be honest about our human condition and realize the fact that injury or illness is the state of being alive, and everybody in the world can suffer from it.

2)      Accepting Uncertainties of Life



Accepting that life is uncertain and unpredictable can make you feel more relaxed and calm. One of the consequences is that we do not accept the uncertainties, which opens the door to an uncomfortable life. But, the moment you accept these problems, they will go away.

3)      Finding Peaceful


Many of us are forced to abandon active work and social life to be relatively isolated. Such a massive change can bring trauma and bring a sense of loneliness that we have never experienced before. With time and a set of effective practices, we can turn loneliness into a peaceful sense of loneliness in many cases.

4)      Making Strong Connections

Nowadays, some or all living in the house can use email, texting, FaceTime or Skype, online forums, and groups to communicate with others in person. Besides, the Internet allows us to keep abreast of medical news related to it and addressing our specific health challenges.

5)      Self-Compassion


Many people find it easy to sympathize with others but are their harshest critics. They think they shouldn't have their kindness. I believe there is never any reason to be unkind or cruel towards yourself.

Of course, you can learn from your mistakes. But learn and then move on. Don't make negative self-judgments about what you say or do. It's hard to fight your health every day; don't force yourself to fight self-criticism.

Author's Bio:

Dr. Patricia Scott is the author of "Resilience" and an occupational therapist. In her book, she describes how she survived two liver transplants, spinal cancer, a medically induced stroke, and complex autoimmune pneumonia. During this time, Patricia Scott exercised the values and beliefs of success and want everybody to practice the same.

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