Welcome to life with chronic illness.
When you're a person who has chronic illness or invisible illness, it's sometimes difficult for others to understand exactly what you're going through. It may look to them as though you're being a little skitzy when making plans and then having to drop them.
But what they don't understand is that your body is not cooperating with your soul and it is not doing what your heart truly desires and wants you to do. It can be isolating.
Mourning
A piece of you dies when illness strikes and you have to mourn.
When sudden illness, genetic conditions, and injuries happen which begin to shape your life in ways you never imagined, things change. Your world is altered. Your plans are thrown up in the air to land wherever they might.
The career you went to school for may no longer be within your reach and the job you've done for years can suddenly be gone.
You find yourself transforming into someone you may not recognize and that, I believe, is normal. It happened to me and my dad when he was hurt at work.
Sometimes it will feel as though the only time you go out is to see a doctor, and that is such a depressing idea...
Not many people think that these alterations in life are traumatic but they are. It's a minor death to one's soul. It needs gentleness, understanding, and yes... mourning.
It's ok to be sad about the person you wanted to be and now... may not be. But all is not lost. There are so many other chances out there for a fulfilled life! You've just gotta find them.
Don't isolate yourself. Allow love and support to come to you.
And remember that no matter what your body does or how bad your health gets YOU ARE WORTHY. YOU DESERVE JOY.
Don't be afraid to take the good when it comes to you.
I am a wedding minister who deals with a few different we ent chronic, genetic and degenerative issues with my health. My husband is also a minister and he helps with weddings IN CASE one of my issues jumps up and grabs me while on route to a ceremony. I may use this part of our page to explain the situations happening as an ongoing blog/memory book for my doctor visits. Also, I want people to know they are NOT alone
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