Healing Your Mind
In this new year, let us make our mental health a priority. In a world full of distractions, I invite you to focus in on yourself and your needs, starting with therapy. For those living with a chronic illness, when you are treating your physical body, your mental health is impacted. Mental health is physical health. You owe it to yourself to enter a safe space to fully process the pain you are going through; the pain that is not always visible to the eye.
When we are impacted by an illness, even if it is a cold, we feel our emotions differently. We may feel more anxious watching our to-do list increase. We may feel more depressed watching our friends and families partake in activities and enjoy them while we cannot. We may feel triggered and brought back to a place where we had no freedom and no hope. When an illness lasts in the body for a long time, so does the emotional response to that illness. Meaning that for those living with a long-term chronic illness, treating the whole body and self will allow you to process the heightened emotional components our bodies are producing to protect us.
Therapy at any point can increase your supportive cushion when navigating your life. For those living with a new or familiar chronic illness, therapy should be a part of treating the full mind-body-and-spirit. In this new year, make your mental health a part of your physical medical treatments. The mind is the most complex organ we have, so why not nurture it?
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