Reclaim Your Power and Take Control of Your Life
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Are you struggling to manage the emotional impact of living with chronic illness?
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Have you forgotten who you are beneath the symptoms?
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Do you find yourself constantly at the bottom of the list because you struggle to prioritise yourself?
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Is it difficult to set boundaries, which results in you feeling bad about yourself or allowing others to take advantage of you?
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Have you given up on enjoying your life?
A message from our founder
A message from our founder
Living with a chronic illness can be devastating. As well as the physical pain, chronic illness can cause mental and emotional distress, affect interpersonal relationships, career and every single aspect of life. At one point or another we feel like we’ve been robbed of our childhoods, career prospects, ambitions and overall hopes and dreams for a happy, fulfilled life.
Over time, the lack of energy and motivation to get through the day may become overwhelming. But change is possible. The transformation won’t happen overnight; it will be a challenging and emotional process, but it will definitely be worth it!
Cassandra A Campbell
Stats
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People with a physical disability are more likely to experience a mental health problem, while people with a mental health problem are more likely to experience a physical health problem.
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An estimated 35% to 45% of people living with chronic pain also experience depression, which can make it even harder to manage day-to-today life.
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More than 15 million people - 30% of the UK population - live with one or more long-term conditions, and more than 4 million of these people will also have a mental health problem.
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People with long-term physical conditions are more likely to have lower wellbeing scores than those without.
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Of people with severe symptoms of mental health problems, 37.6% also have a long-term physical condition. This compares with 25.3% of people with no or few symptoms of a mental health problem.
Source: Mentalhealth.org.uk