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It’s Okay to be Angry When You’re Chronically Ill

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Anger is often a mask for grief. It’s okay to be angry when you’re chronically ill. Once you acknowledge it you can find effective ways to cope so that you can live well.

There are moments – and not just a few – when I recognize that words are the way to the soul. Sometimes, a chain of simple words are tethered together so perfectly that they are extraordinarily profound.

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The Grief of Chronic Illness – Mourning More Than the Loss of Our Health

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The grief of chronic illness extends beyond grief over the loss of our health. We mourn the loss of our place in the world.

We typically think of grief in the context of significant loss, like the death of a loved one. Irreversible. Permanent. Deeply painful. But grief isn’t reserved for that. We can and do grieve other kinds of losses. When we’re chronically ill, we grieve the loss of our health – but we grieve the loss of so much more than that, too.

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