![]() ![]() KJ Ramsey, author of the forthcoming This Too Shall Last, was blunt. I knew better, didn’t I?īut after interviewing those with chronic illness, I felt reassured. They are leaders for us all.įirst: Forgive Yourself for Feeling Anxious about IllnessĮven after years of trying to deal with anxiety, I felt ashamed when anxiety struck after my diagnosis. The women I spoke to have found wholeness in every health circumstance. They are wise guides, and not just for those of us currently ill. So I reached out to writers and activists with decades of living with chronic conditions and asked for advice. We worship a “man of sorrows, acquainted with grief.” Good news of peace and comfort must be available to all, not just the happily healthy.īut despite my theories about peace in illness, I needed help for specifics. Suddenly, the source of my anxiety was impossible to escape from, and impossible to cure.īut having seen God’s wholeness sprout in entrenched darkness before, I knew-if only intellectually, that Christ is present in everything. ![]() This wasn’t an external situation like work or a difficult relationship-the trouble lay inside me. This summer, my anxiety roared back to life.Īnxiety from living with a chronic illness felt different my past experience. Then I got diagnosed with an auto-immune condition. I thought seeking therapy, better boundaries, and self-care strategies were all I needed to put my struggles in the past. ![]() ![]() I’ve always struggled with anxiety, but recently had felt a measure of victory over that ugly emotion. ![]()
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