Tag: ACT therapy
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Why acceptance isn’t resignation (when you have a chronic illness)
A clear look at what acceptance means in therapy for chronic illness: what gets misunderstood, what it actually involves, and what changes when the wrestle eases.
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Understanding Medical Trauma: Coping with PTSD
PTSD from medical trauma is common in people with chronic illness. Learn how therapy can help you access healthcare without being controlled by past experiences.
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Brain Fog With a Normal MRI: Why the Scan Doesn’t Show It
MRI came back normal but the brain fog and derealisation are real. Why scans can’t show what you feel — and how to cope when you can’t trust your own mind.
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The Globus Sensation: Why Your Throat Feels Stuck
Feel a persistent lump in your throat with nothing there? Learn what globus sensation is, why anxiety makes it worse, and an approach to living well with it.
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When Scans Are Clear But The Pain Is Real: Next Steps
You have sat in that waiting room, again. You have described the pain, again. And the results have come back clear, again. “When scans are clear but pain is real” is one of the most searched phrases people type after a normal MRI or clear X-ray. If you have reached for your phone at midnight…
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When Your Doctor Says ‘It’s Just Anxiety’ (But You Know It’s Not)
You’re sitting in the GP surgery. Your heart is pounding. You’ve just explained your symptoms: the exhaustion, the pain, the way your body doesn’t feel like it belongs to you anymore. And then your doctor leans back and says it. “It’s just anxiety.” Those three words land like a punch. They dismiss weeks or months…
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When Physical Symptoms Leave You Wondering What’s Really Going On
You wake up with chest tightness. Again. Your first thought races to your heart, but then you remember your doctor said it was anxiety. So you try to breathe through it. But what if they missed something? What if this time it’s different? If you’re living with a chronic health condition, you know this loop…
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Grieving the Person You Were Before Chronic Illness
Your thumb pauses mid-scroll. There’s a photo from two years ago: you at a friend’s wedding, dancing without a second thought. Or that weekend hike where you packed nothing but a water bottle and optimism. The person in those photos feels impossibly far away now. “I’m still not the old me.” The thought arrives like…
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Understanding Decision Fatigue in Chronic Illness
You wake up at 7am. Before you’ve even left the bed, you’ve already made twelve micro-decisions. Do I take the painkiller now or wait until after breakfast? Can I manage a shower today? Should I push through the fatigue or call in sick? Which symptom should I track first? Is this the day I finally…
