Living with chronic pain or fatigue can make every day feel challenging. For some people, these issues ebb and flow. Sometimes, you’re able to attend social gatherings, keep up with your responsibilities at work, and practice your hobbies. Other days, your symptoms are so severe that you can barely get out of bed.
For many people, trauma and chronic illnesses seem to go hand in hand. Fighting for a diagnosis and undergoing painful surgeries or treatments for a chronic illness can be traumatic.
Living with a chronic illness can be challenging. Having the support of your spouse can make things easier at times. Yet it also introduces new problems.
Maybe you’ve been suffering from a chronic illness for some time now. You can’t help but notice that your symptoms began shortly after you survived a traumatic event.
Living with a chronic illness isn’t easy. Some days, you might feel relatively well. But on other days, your symptoms could be more severe. You may feel like the people around you aren’t always understanding of your medical needs or limitations.
Living with a chronic illness isn’t easy. Some days, your symptoms might be so mild that you feel you can take on the world. On other days, you might be in so much pain or discomfort that you need to seek urgent medical care
Perhaps you’ve just been told that you have a chronic illness. Or maybe your partner has received this shocking news. Either way, you’re trying to process this information as a couple.
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