Posts Tagged ‘Emotions and Rheumatoid Arthritis’
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Recognizing the Anguish of Depression in Time for Help
Negative spaces are only part of the picture I was stirring early in the morning when everything was still gray. Something I saw looked like a fish for a moment. There’s no pet fish here, especially in my room. “Negative spaces,” I heard myself whisper. That’s what is in between the shapes of what is [...]
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Encouragement: with a Little Help from My Friends
Don’t you want me to help you with that? No. I want to be able to do it myself. I can do that for you. I know you can, I wish I could. Is there anything I can do? No, I want to feel like I can do something. Do you have any problem asking [...]
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Fighting Rheumatoid Arthritis Depression
Often, I get letters from Rheumatoid Arthritis patients struggling with depression. I always encourage them to consider the options of counseling or medication since there’s no way to know how serious their depression may be. It’s heartbreaking. We hope that most of the time we can avoid serious depression, but patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis or [...]
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3 Questions & 3 Answers about Guilt & Chronic Illness
Do you ever feel guilty about being chronically ill? Of course we know being sick is not our fault. There is nothing that can be done to avoid being diagnosed with RA or make it go away completely. And if there were, we would. So, we’re innocent. Being sick with Rheumatoid Arthritis is not like [...]
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Anxiety and Depression with Chronic Illness, part 2
Anxiety or depression with chronic illness is not unusual Many individuals who suffer from a chronic health condition experience some symptoms of anxiety or depression. There are several different types of both anxiety and depression. Yesterday, we discussed symptoms of some common forms. Please read part 1 if you are trying to identify symptoms of [...]
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Anxiety and Depression with Chronic Illness
I’m excited about this guest post to introduce an important discussion. Various types of anxiety and depression are more common in those who live with chronic illness & chronic pain. I hope this post will help us to think about when symptoms are serious enough to need help. Hello brave RA Warriors! My name is [...]
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Living with a Spouse with Chronic Illness, part 1
According to a study presented at EULAR in June, “Partners of patients newly diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are equally emotionally affected by the diagnosis and go through the same grieving process as the patients themselves.” Rheumatoid Arthritis can create devastating changes within a family. It can be difficult for a spouse to comprehend the [...]
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Rheumatoid Arthritis Anger
Rheumatoid Arthritis Anger: Cause or effect? Chicken or the egg? I wasn’t there of course, but I’ve always favored the chicken. I love chicken, especially fried chicken… Does RA cause anger? It can be managed politely, but there are times I’m definitely angry. At any one moment, I have more pain than many people I [...]
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