Does a positive attitude help when your chronic illness becomes worse 26 Articles

by Claire Ansell

I would love to say I have a positive attitude. I'm 25 years old, I have a gorgeous baby girl and I'm getting married to the man of my dreams in the summer. I also have relapsing-remitting MS and suffer bouts of tunnel b...read more

by David Skolnik

Never discount the power of a positive attitude when dealing with a chronic illness. Start with a mantra, create one if you must. I use two which I recite on alternating days. I have MS, But MS Doesn't Have Me, or Tough Ti...read more

by Samantha Broaddrick

You must keep a positive attitude when it comes to chronic illness or you will allow your ailments to overcome you and make you worse off. For a person with Fibromyalgia, a syndrome characterized by chronic pain in the mu...read more

by Edward Spinucci

A positive attitude helps when a chronic illness becomes worse. I am a fighter and a worker. Normally people with this virus are bedridden. I have managed not to let the virus take control of my life. I am a gay m...read more

by Shashi

The Answer is 'Yes, definitely'. Building a positive attitude keeps you active, happy and less stressed which in turn helps you think less & less about your illness. 1. Stress is one big killer as we all know. It not on...read more

by Kate Johnson

The sign on my classroom wall reads, "Attitude is Everything." I tell my students that there will always be things that come easily and other things will be harder to master. Having this knowledge about themselves gives ...read more

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by Candy Jules

Dwelling on the negative will kill you long before old age will. A positive attitude is the best medicine that there is. You can be totally healthy, and make yourself sick just by worry and stress. The problem is, this kin...read more

by Karen Loss

Does a positive attitude help when your chronic illness becomes worse? Hmmm, let me think... Have you ever been so angry or upset about something that it actually made you sick to your stomach? Have you been so worked...read more

by Danette M. Scott

Does a positive attitude help when your chronic illness becomes worse? Development of a positive attitude is important in maintaining emotional balance during the course of a chronic illness and assists patients with inte...read more

by Michelle Daun

When you have a chronic illness that alone is enough to make your world come crashing down. When an illness worsens you may feel as if you are losing control and there are no options left and you may feel ready just to gi...read more

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by David Greenshields

W REST - part of the solution or part of the problem? We're out shopping, visiting with family, or working away on a project on the computer, when suddenly we experience a debilitating wave of fatigue symptoms. A heav...read more

by Beth Howells-Murphy

Chronic Pain 1 As a therapist I deal daily with people who suffer chronic pain; whether arthritis, fibromyalgia, or old injuries. A common accompaniment to chronic pai...read more

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by twain geisel

Write your article Month two of our new lives. The apartment is unbelievable, best I have ever lived in. And it is brand new, which has a lot to do with the loving of it I'm sure. Every other dwelling I have resided at has...read more

by Shenni Bubb

Therapists will nod their heads and indeed agree that a positive attitude certainly helps you DEAL with chronic pain. This pain can be from perhaps arthritis, injuries etc, it doesn't matter the cause, because the power of...read more

by Kak McAlister

Helping a Chronic Illness by Having a Positive Attitude Parkinson's is the "granddaddy" of modern chronic illnesses and it is definitely a plus to keep a positive attitude with it whether it is getting worse or getti...read more

by R. Renee Bembry

Remaining positive, particularly when negativities lure our outlook downward, always makes life easier to manage. No matter how small or how big an interfering dilemma, each moment we exude a positive thought in the midst ...read more

by Jess Howe

You can actually make yourself feel worse by thinking of how bad you feel. Auto-immune illnesses - ranging from MS to lupus to fibromyalgia and many others - will teach a perso that fast. You'll often hear someone with a...read more

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by Rev. R. D. Brown

"Life goes on." "Duty calls." "If I don't do it, it ain't gettin' done." These are just a few of the realities of life on a farm. The hay won't bale itself and the animals get hungry no matter how I feel. I can't cha...read more

by Lorraine Roach

The stress relationship between heart disease and my own heart attack on August 12, 2006 has been of interest to me for the last 10 months. At first when I had the attack ,I was not aware of how the coming months and even ...read more

by Christobel Rajesh

A positive attitude is something which helps you keep going in life when everything else fall apart. When it comes to chronic illness becoming worse, it is hard to keep high our positive attitude. But I tell you, there are...read more