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Reflections on Therapy, Chronic Illness, and Emotional Wellbeing
This blog explores therapy for chronic illness, the emotional impact of long-term health conditions, and the psychological factors that can influence symptoms, stress, and wellbeing.
Articles focus on thoughtful, evidence-based perspectives to help you better understand your experiences, improve coping, and feel more steady and confident living with ongoing health difficulties.
Stress Illness: The Complete Guide – PART 7, How Worry is Linked to Stress Illness, and Chronic Pain
The 7th article in the series, Stress Illness: The Complete Guide. This looks at How Worry is Linked to Stress Illness, and Chronic Pain.
Jun 24, 2022
Stress Illness: The Complete Guide – PART 6, How Stress Illness and Chronic Pain Affect our Actions.
This article is the 6th of the series and will focus on some of the behaviours we tend to perform if experiencing Chronic Pain or Stress Ill
Jun 10, 2022
Stress Illness: The Complete Guide - 5 Ways Stress Illness affects people’s thoughts.
This article is the 5th of the series and will focus on 5 different ways thought processes can affect people who endure Chronic Pain or Stre
May 27, 2022
Stress Illness: The Complete Guide PART 4 - CAUSES AND PATHWAYS OF STRESS ILLNESS AND CHRONIC PAIN
pain, especially chronic pain is also an emotional experience and does not have to be caused by tissue damage. This is further understood wh
May 16, 2022
Stress Illness: The Complete Guide PART 3 - THE PHYSICAL FORMS CHRONIC PAIN & STRESS ILLNESS TAKE
THE PHYSICAL FORMS CHRONIC PAIN & STRESS ILLNESS TAKE. Part 3 of the complete Stress Illness Guide. Names possible symptoms, how cortisol is
May 2, 2022
Stress Illness: the Complete Guide. PART 2 - THE 5 GUIDING PRINCIPLES IN STRESS ILLNESS RECOVERY
5 Guiding Principles of Stress Illness Recovery. No Pain without the brain, The body heals itself, Everything evolves, but you always have
Apr 18, 2022
Stress Illness: The Complete Guide
PART 1 - INTRODUCTION This is a comprehensive guide to Stress Illness. It will talk about stress related illnesses, illnesses caused by...
Apr 4, 2022
What are the Different types of Pain and Why it matters to Chronic Pain Sufferers?
Different Ways to Categorise Pain Did you know there's all sorts of different types of pain? I bet you've only ever thought about pain,...
Mar 18, 2022
Acute Pain - It's not all Poo!
I had an appointment with my gastroenterologist recently. It was a routine check-up. To report on my Crohn's disease symptoms. He told me...
Mar 13, 2022
Do we really have to feel the fear Can't we stay in our comfort zone?
This week I've been reminded of the saying ‘feel the fear and do it anyway’. It's been said so much, I think it starts to lose its...
Feb 26, 2022
It's OK to grieve when you receive a Chronic Illness Diagnosis - We're All Human
We're all human. We all have needs. We all have desires. Many of our needs are the same. Fresh air to breathe, clean water to drink,...
Feb 19, 2022
Are you kept awake at night by worries? Here are Tips and techniques that you must try
“I’m tired!” A common complaint from children and adults. We can all empathise. We know how hard it is to get through the day when you...
Feb 11, 2022
What is the difference between lethargy, exhaustion, and fatigue? And why does it even matter?
When we are experiencing any form of strong emotion, sadness, anxiety, anger, jealousy, shame, guilt, whatever, or we are feeling...
Feb 4, 2022
The Biological Similarities and Differences of Anxiety, Stress, and Chronic Stress
When you hear someone talk about feeling stressed or anxious or maybe even worried, do you assume they mean the same thing? Or are they...
Jan 29, 2022
Mind, Body and Emotions - What are the Connections?
How are you? No, really. How are you? How are you feeling physically? Emotionally? Spiritually? Are you really fine? Are you really OK?...
Jan 26, 2022
The dangers of Chronic Stress, especially when you don't recognise or address it.
Stress gets such a bad name. Sometimes it is deserved, but sometimes it's not. I wanna talk about what stress is. How it becomes chronic,...
Jan 22, 2022
How People Pleasing Can Cause Chronic Pain
Isn’t it funny that when you get something new or recognise something for the first time you start to see it everywhere! I remember...
Jan 15, 2022
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz – in Search of Brain, Heart, and Courage.
Last week, whilst discussing classic Christmas films (movies - for those in the U.S. or who aren’t as wrinkly as me) I realised that the...
Jan 11, 2022
Learning to Manage your Language of Emotions you can improve your Mental Health
Children are like sponges. They soak up information and learn things so easily. Has been found that to become grammatically correct,...
Dec 14, 2021
Why It Never Pays to Worry and What to Do Instead
It's natural to mull things over in our minds. Weigh up different options or potential outcomes. It can be both a benefit and a curse of...
Dec 13, 2021
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