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10 Ways to Pace Yourself with a Chronic Illness
As someone with a chronic illness, you may call it quits for the day once you run out of spoons, even if you didn’t do all your tasks. Sometimes, knowing the amount of energy you have to complete daily activities can be tricky, which can lead to overexertion and flare-ups. You can improve your energy management by learning how to pace yourself.
7 Time Management Tips for Chronic Illness Warriors
If you’re living with a chronic illness, you may face some time management challenges. Chronic illness can bring many uncertainties that you won’t be able to prepare for. Fatigue, flare-ups, emergency surgeries just a few factors that can keep you from creating a set schedule. Use these tips to help you develop time management skills while living with a chronic illness.
How to Create a Flexible Routine While Managing a Chronic Illness
One of the main causes of stress for people living with a chronic illness is their conditions' uncertainties. We don’t always know when we can have an awful flare-up or if our joints are too stiff to be physically active. With this in mind, having a structured routine may not be the best option for us. Creating a flexible routine can give us time to care for ourselves while also getting work done.
What Questions are Okay to Ask Someone Living with an Invisible Illness?
Discussing health can be a sensitive subject for many people. For people with chronic illnesses, specific topics should be left off the table. Here are four questions to ask someone living with an invisible disease and four questions you should avoid asking.
How to Manage Chronic Illness Burnout
You can experience burnout in all parts of your life. For chronic illness patients, it’s not uncommon to become overwhelmed with managing their conditions. Chronic illness burnout is a stress response to the responsibilities of dealing with a chronic illness. Here are ways to manage chronic illness burnout to cope with the stresses of a chronic illness.
The Ultimate Checklist for Choosing Chronic Illness Specialists
Location, accessibility services, public patient reviews, and health insurance acceptance are just a few factors patients may consider when selecting a specialist for their chronic illnesses. This specialist checklist is an excellent way to ensure that your next chronic illness specialist meets all (or at least the majority) of your medical needs to have an amazing patient experience.