Chronic Illness Research Paper
3 Things Everybody Ought to Know About Chronic Illness
1) Millions of people live with one or more chronic illnesses.
One of the most important things to understand about chronic illness, whether you’re living with one, or know someone who is, is that chronic illness is real.
Millions of people live with a chronic illness that causes them daily pain, fatigue, mental anguish, anxiety, digestive issues, and/or brain fog.
This is a stark reality backed by medical evidence.
For example:
Fibromyalgia
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), fibromyalgia is estimated to have affected 5 million adults in 2005.
According to a recent article published by FMaware.org, fibromyalgia now affects an estimated 10 …show more content…
We’re not looking for pity or sympathy.
Most people with chronic illness do everything they can to disguise the fact that they have one. The last thing we want is for people to see us on the street and cluck their tongues with sympathy while offering prayers for our recovery.
Don’t get me wrong, we understand these are well-intentioned gestures, but it quickly gets embarrassing and only serves as a shameful reminder that we are not like everyone else.
We don’t want to be taken advantage of.
Those living with mental disorders and/or learning disabilities are often more easily taken advantage of because we can be too naïve and trusting or be unable to process what’s happening fast enough in order to realize we’ve stumbled into a bad situation.
As a woman on the spectrum who also lives with mental illness, believe me when I tell you I have an unfortunate amount of experience in this particular area.
We don’t want your natural human instinct to ‘thin the herd’ to come out.
Every animal has an innate instinct to allow natural selection to thin out the population of those who cannot survive on their own.
Harsh? Maybe. True? …show more content…
Putting your chronic illness into remission is not only possible, it’s highly probable, if you approach healing in the correct order.
Step 1: Eliminate
The first step to successfully putting chronic illness into remission is eliminating anything and everything that triggers it or makes it worse. This means eliminating toxic food, toxic chemicals, toxic people, and toxic situations from your life.
Step 2: Detoxify
Once you have eliminated chronic illness triggers, you will then be ready to detoxify your mind, body, and soul.
Step 3: Rebuild
As a fully detoxified person, you will then be ready to rebuild with a healthy diet, exercise, and relaxation techniques.
Step 4: Maintain
Once you’ve stabilized your condition(s) and recovered your strength, you will then be ready to maintain your new-found stability by continuing to nurture yourself.
These are the only four steps you need to put your chronic illness into remission.
For a more comprehensive guide on how to do this, click on the link below to get your copy of my book:
Life Beyond Chronic Pain: The Step-By-Step Guide to Healing Chronic Illness
1) Millions of people live with one or more chronic illnesses.
One of the most important things to understand about chronic illness, whether you’re living with one, or know someone who is, is that chronic illness is real.
Millions of people live with a chronic illness that causes them daily pain, fatigue, mental anguish, anxiety, digestive issues, and/or brain fog.
This is a stark reality backed by medical evidence.
For example:
Fibromyalgia
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), fibromyalgia is estimated to have affected 5 million adults in 2005.
According to a recent article published by FMaware.org, fibromyalgia now affects an estimated 10 …show more content…
We’re not looking for pity or sympathy.
Most people with chronic illness do everything they can to disguise the fact that they have one. The last thing we want is for people to see us on the street and cluck their tongues with sympathy while offering prayers for our recovery.
Don’t get me wrong, we understand these are well-intentioned gestures, but it quickly gets embarrassing and only serves as a shameful reminder that we are not like everyone else.
We don’t want to be taken advantage of.
Those living with mental disorders and/or learning disabilities are often more easily taken advantage of because we can be too naïve and trusting or be unable to process what’s happening fast enough in order to realize we’ve stumbled into a bad situation.
As a woman on the spectrum who also lives with mental illness, believe me when I tell you I have an unfortunate amount of experience in this particular area.
We don’t want your natural human instinct to ‘thin the herd’ to come out.
Every animal has an innate instinct to allow natural selection to thin out the population of those who cannot survive on their own.
Harsh? Maybe. True? …show more content…
Putting your chronic illness into remission is not only possible, it’s highly probable, if you approach healing in the correct order.
Step 1: Eliminate
The first step to successfully putting chronic illness into remission is eliminating anything and everything that triggers it or makes it worse. This means eliminating toxic food, toxic chemicals, toxic people, and toxic situations from your life.
Step 2: Detoxify
Once you have eliminated chronic illness triggers, you will then be ready to detoxify your mind, body, and soul.
Step 3: Rebuild
As a fully detoxified person, you will then be ready to rebuild with a healthy diet, exercise, and relaxation techniques.
Step 4: Maintain
Once you’ve stabilized your condition(s) and recovered your strength, you will then be ready to maintain your new-found stability by continuing to nurture yourself.
These are the only four steps you need to put your chronic illness into remission.
For a more comprehensive guide on how to do this, click on the link below to get your copy of my book:
Life Beyond Chronic Pain: The Step-By-Step Guide to Healing Chronic Illness