The Chronic Illness Therapist Podcast Episodes
A place where people with chronic illnesses can come to feel heard, seen, and safe while listening to mental health therapists and other medical professionals talk about the realities of treating complex medical conditions.
When Trying Harder Makes It Worse: A Different Approach to Chronic Illness Recovery
There's this moment that happens with almost every client I work with who has chronic illness - they realize they've been working against themselves without knowing it. They've been following the perfect diet so rigidly that the stress of maintaining it is causing more inflammation than the foods they're avoiding. They've been pushing through pain for so long that their nervous system is stuck in constant overdrive. They've been trying so hard to control their condition that the effort itself has become part of the problem.
If you're living with chronic illness, this might sound familiar. And if it does, I want you to know: this isn't a failure on your part. It's actually a completely understandable response to an impossible situation.