Author: Tina Clarke

22 May Chronic illness and waking anxious or down?

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Do you wake up and immediately feel anxious with racing thoughts, or your awareness goes directly to your body symptoms and the associated discomfort or concern? Or maybe you are someone who opens their eyes only to feel a slight sense of dread or lowness...

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20 Nov “Finding Okayness” Is Possible When You Have Pain, Discomfort or Anxiety.

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Finding Okayness is a term I made up of course, because that’s how it feels to me; when your body, or an area of, is causing you pain, discomfort or worry, all you want is to feel OK – when you live with chronic conditions...

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10 Oct Living with Illness in Survival Mode?

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Did you know that if you live long term with chronic health conditions that it disrupts our sense of safety in the world meaning that at least one of our basic needs for survival is not met? Furthermore this can greatly impact our ability to...

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05 Jul Emotional Regulation: the things you wish you had always known!

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Emotions are tricky; let’s start by stating the truth, especially if you live with something like long term health issues which can add all sorts of extra challenges that a lot of people don’t have to experience or even think about. It can be easy...

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07 Jun Dealing with Health Anxiety in Chronic Illness

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For those of us living with long term health issues we are familiar with the disconcerting feeling of noticing a new symptom or the rearing of an exacerbation of your condition and the accompanying emotions of apprehension, anxiety or dread; the worry of how to...

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12 Apr how to handle stress living with chronic illness

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One of the most difficult aspects for me living with long term health issues is the stress level. Managing the symptoms, the meds, the hospital appointments, the teenagers at home, the never ending clothes washing, the effing life admin, the finances and of course mine...

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