Possible Ways To Find A New Normal With Chronic Illness?

It’s Possible To Find a ‘New Normal” For Our Daily Lives.

Having been the one with chronic illness I can testify that it does change the normal daily life of a couple.

But I found a way which benefited me in a greater way than I ever expected.

“I just want them how they were…”

Is that really what you want?

Summary of the video above with Trafford Fischer: with additional comments.

Changing the ‘this is how it was’ to ‘this is now how it is” can strain any relationship including marriage, the elderly, accident victims and chronic illnesses.”

Grief and loss issue: For sure there is a grief and loss process to address.

Honor the grief, respect the loss: Honoring the grief for me helped me to respect the loss in order to move forward.

Living in denial: I lived in denial way too long until I found my life’s purpose in my illness.

Can’t always heal, even if they want to: True, you may not heal completely, so you use what you have to move forward.

Don’t isolate: a common trap and so easy to fall into, must be addressed at all cost.

Choose to connect: another must that is fight worthy, putting aside the shame, blame and abandonment.

Take care of yourself: it becomes the number one purpose of your life in order to seal your dream.

Find support network: new friends who you can talk to on your current level who truly understand you.

Remember: Sleep can be a causative item for chronic illness if sleep is deprived. Focus on the series presented earlier.

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