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10 Steps to Overcoming Chronic Illness

September 26, 2015 by predominantlypaleo 11 Comments

 

I know some of you are struggling with your health right now and I know first hand just how hard that is. I know what it feels to be hopeless, dying, and without answers. I wanted to put together a few elements of healing that I personally have found to be absolutely essential to moving onwards and upwards. I hope these help y’all! heart emoticon
1. Try it all! Be open to treatments that might seem unlikely, doctors who seem “alternative”, and paths that seem less taken. It was through these avenues that I learned the most, especially through my own research.
2. Surround yourself with those who support you. This means it might be time to cut off relationships with those who do not take your illness seriously, or who do not value your healing. You are worth more.
3. Do not compare your journey to others’ unless it helps you in a positive way. Comparison is the thief of joy when you are struggling the most.
4. Be your own advocate. Nobody will care about your health as much as you do – fight for proper treatment, even when practitioners doubt you. I was told I needed a gym and a therapist when I was at my sickest by a doctor. I needed neither!
5. BELIEVE you will be better than your worst. Visualize being healthy and what that “looks” like, even if you have been sick for years. If you believe you will be sick forever, you just might perpetuate that.
6. Find a distraction. This blog was started when I was still at my sickest. I needed to redirect my energy from support boards of suffering and despair and channel that energy into something positive. I chose to stop talking about my symptoms all day long (and trust me they were big and scary, think brain swelling, vertigo, confusion and more) and start creating something that could help myself and others.
7. Find a way to laugh and smile every.single.day even when you are in pain, even when you are trapped in bed. You must, especially when it is the hardest to do so.
8. Feed your body what it needs to be whole. Don’t let ANYONE tell you that food doesn’t affect your ability to heal or play a major role in your immune system. It does. Food is powerful.
9. Love yourself. Love yourself when you feel horrible, look horrible, and feel worthless. You are worth so much more than a stupid affliction. Tell yourself how lucky the world is to have you around.
10. Do not become your illness. It is fine to be an advocate and to help create change in the world for research or whatever you believe is needed. But you are way for fantastic than your affliction, and becoming it can sometimes create the opposite of what you are hoping to achieve. Be more awesome than the color ribbon that reflects your illness. Be bigger than that label!

Bonus: Be patient. Healing doesn’t take hours or days. It is a process. It took me YEARS and I am still a work in progress. Most people didn’t get sick overnight (even if it felt that way), it takes time to get to the worst point of your illness, and takes time to climb back out of that pit.

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  1. Angie says

    February 3, 2016 at 10:07 am

    Jennifer, I love this list. All these points are so valid and important. I love the way so many of them come back to the essence: take responsiblity for your own health, in all of it’s facets, and consciously direct the patterns of your self-talk and your thoughts. As a teacher of yoga and meditation, who started suffering from debilitating inflammation issues a few years ago, I know from direct experience the importance of trying everything when it comes to healing, and the incredible power that is contained in a calm mind that is positively focused. Best Wishes, Good Health!

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    • predominantlypaleo says

      February 9, 2016 at 7:56 pm

      Thank you and to you!

      Reply
  2. Jennifer says

    March 19, 2016 at 8:57 pm

    Jennifer,
    Thank you for this blog! I am not full AI but have been experiencing inflammation and tummy issues due to food and am journeying into Paleo to fix these painful flair ups~ it’s so wonderful that there are people out there like you trudging the hard road and making the road for those behind you not as rocky ? Thank you thank you! This Louisiana girl is Looking forward to getting your southern Paleo ebook!
    Sincerely,
    Jennifer in Virginia

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    • predominantlypaleo says

      March 21, 2016 at 12:27 am

      Feel better Jennifer and thanks!

      Reply
  3. Cara says

    April 16, 2016 at 6:32 am

    I love this article so much because I’m also face chronic illness. Its really hard when you face problems in life but you approach towards it make my job so easy I’ll remember these motivating points when I’m hopeless in life. I love the way you are doing your job here….Keep doing good job. Keep motivating us Thanks

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    • predominantlypaleo says

      April 16, 2016 at 9:23 pm

      Hope you continue to make great strides and feel better and better!

      Reply

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Jennifer is a wife and mother of 3 in pursuit of better health for her family.
After being gluten free for 4 years, and having a multitude of chronic health issues, she realized there was still too much processed “food” in her pantry and change was needed. Jennifer began feeding her family more meals from WHOLE foods and less from boxes. Her recipes are predominantly paleo, meaning they are free of grain, gluten, dairy, and refined sugar, but make allowances for a few treats and sweets. She believes food can be medicine when used appropriately and that a few changes now can equate to huge benefits later. Healthy food does not need to be flavorless and void of personality, which she aims to accomplish through her many recipes.

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