I appear very mellow, requiring a lot to provoke emotion. Once emotion is achieved, whatever the emotion is, I feel it full throttle. Anger, sadness, anxiety, etc. and I don’t know what to with the overflowing emotion or how to calm it down.
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Sage advice
As a person with chronic illness I often feel isolated. My illness can pull me from my friends, work, event, huge life moments, etc. As much as I want my “healthier” friends to understand, they can’t. Even after 20 plus years of living with Crohn’s, I feel like I might just be grasping at understandingContinue reading “Sage advice”
Depression flare
The only way I can describe my depressive episodes is similar to a flare of any autoimmune disease. Right now I am not sure what triggers the episode or how it gets so crappy so quickly. But I guess, the stress of managing life with chronic illness is cumulative. Like any other flare, the exactContinue reading “Depression flare”
The buy in
I feel like I am in a constant state of panic and throughout the day the intensity varies. In counseling (local sessions weekly) we have worked on coping strategies such as imagery, meditation, progressive muscle relaxation and deep breathing. Oddly enough we worked on them but I never implemented them at the appropriate times. SomewhereContinue reading “The buy in”
A day of healing
Today’s President’s Day. A day off of work. However, it was not a day off of putting work in towards healing. I slept in today for much needed self-care. I made eggs for breakfast as I am tolerating them and I adds ton of salt to help with my electrolytes (ileostomy problems lol). I madeContinue reading “A day of healing”
Does Healthy exist?
In an optimal world, I would like to believe healthy exists. However, in reality, I don’t believe it does. I am not healthy. I have Crohn’s disease, anxiety and iron-deficiency anemia. Looking into my immediate family: my dad had a 6 bi-pass surgery and has arthritis in his knees. My mom has arthritis in herContinue reading “Does Healthy exist?”
Don’t forget to live!
That’s my motto for this year! Well for the future in general. However, the title comes to me in two-fold. One, a fellow blogger inspired me to write about my teen years and living with Crohn’s at a young age. Two, when I was teen, nothing stopped me. If I felt like shit, if IContinue reading “Don’t forget to live!”
gut-wrenching truth about crohns 