One of the biggest contributors to fear and anxiety is uncertainty and the unknown and when chronic illness enters your life, it brings both of those issues in full force. When all of the things you counted on and took for granted like energy, health and a fully functioning body are no longer under your …
Being a Highly Sensitive Person with Chronic illness.
I am a highly sensitive person who also identifies as an empath and learning to embrace and protect my sensitivity has been a life long learning process. Highly Sensitive People or HSP’s are estimated to make up 15 to 20% of the population and the HSP personality trait was first researched by Elaine N. Aron, …
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Toxic Parents: How do you know if it’s time to take a step back?
Our parents are the ones who should love us the most. So we think and so we believe and in an ideal world, it would be true. In our hearts and in our minds, we want it to be true. But sometimes it isn’t. Sometimes for whatever reason, you come to understand, after years of …
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Are you really being a “whiny baby”?
We were having a very interesting discussion in my Emotional Autoimmunity Recovery Support group on Facebook today and it really struck a chord with a whole lot of people. ( P.S.The group is for a safe space for anyone living with chronic illness who wants to talk about all of the emotional challenges it brings. …