Living with a chronic disease increases the risk of depression. Learning to accept your condition as part of your life—not who you are—can ease the emotional load.
Life’s challenges get easier when you have others to count on for advice and emotional back up. Find a support group in your area with members who share similar struggles.
Routines play an important role in stabilizing your mood. To improve your energy and lower anxiety, plan a regular sleep-wake schedule. Set a bedtime reminder on your phone each night; then place your alarm across the room to force yourself to get out of bed in the morning to shut it off.
“Being in nature and opening your senses to what’s happening around you isn’t a mystical woo-woo notion; there is solid evidence that it has a beneficial effect on mental and physical health.” –Lene Andersen
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