Depression and anxiety are two topics rarely discussed with chronic illness. That’s not fair as it plays a big role in our health. Feelings of hopelessness and despair about our diagnosis is common, yet disregarded or to the other extreme called the main source of our “phantom” illness. I can’t count the number of times I try to remember what I felt like before I was sick,or remember what it was like to be pain free. Adjusting to a completely new lifestyle that those around you can’t comprehend is very emotional! The cure for the blues?

Truth is there are going to be days you will just feel down. For extreme cases medication is needed. I try to practice emerging myself in things I enjoy and people I enjoy them with. I also hold tight to hope. Hope that one day I will not be this person. Know that you are not alone in your struggles of emotion. Fellow chronic illness warriors are constantly chasing rainbows.