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5 ways having an autoimmune disease undermines you and what you can do about it.

June 26, 2015 // by Kerry Jeffery

For the first three months of getting sick and being diagnosed, I was in trauma. The process of going from “healthy” to “having a chronic disease” was so frightening, rapid and unexpected that it took me totally by surprise and I know that I am not alone in that experience. Having a chronic autoimmune condition, …

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Part 2. Diagnosis: Chronic disease and the “new normal”.

June 13, 2015 // by Kerry Jeffery

By the time I finally saw my doctor, I felt like I was dying. There are no words to describe how bad I felt. Beyond exhaustion, incapable of most things and sometimes, not even able to sit up without collapsing over on my side. Everything took massive effort and willpower, talking and thinking were exhausting …

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I know exactly how much chronic illness changes your life because I live with Type 1 Diabetes, Hashimoto’s, Celiac Disease and Antiphospholipid Syndrome.

When I was first diagnosed with chronic illness, there was no information about how to deal with the grief of losing my old life and the future I thought that I was going to have.

There was a huge gap that needed to be filled to help people with chronic illness take back control of their life, health and happiness by giving them the emotional skills, support and mind shift tools to deal with the changes and challenges.

This is why I created Emotional Autoimmunity. To help fill that gap and let you know that you are not alone.

Take your time exploring here.

There are blog posts, podcasts, information and inspiration designed to help you feel understood, validated and supported.

“Instead of trying to medicate the problem away or shrug issues off (like the traditional therapist/counsellor/psychiatrists I’ve encountered in the past) you helped me get to the very roots of my anxieties, fears and PTSD.

I do not have that last bit of yearning to be how I used to be, because the future has much more beautiful things in store, and my past is what built me to what I am today.

Thank you for everything Kerry, I truly appreciate all you have done to help me reduce my stress and anxiety and get to the root of everything!” Samantha

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