The Psychological Stages of Chronic Illness
I have talked a little bit about denial and grieving as it relates to my fibromyalgia diagnosis. This isn’t something I came up with on my own. It’s a thing that I first read about online.
Some people buy it; some people don’t. It makes sense to me, especially considering that the stages Jennifer Martin describes are not linear. Some people with chronic illness jump back and forth between the stages frequently.
*Raises Hand*
I made a little drawing of me with my trusty new walking cane to visually represent what the chronic illness grieving process looks like for me.
I’m climbing a mountain that was formed by all of the stages—some in larger quantities than others.