How often do you find yourself annoyed by someone or something? Your body? Your busy schedule? Your spouse or coworker? Your job? Your kids? Perhaps the better question is…

Perhaps your illness has been judged, dismissed, or ignored by health care providers. Maybe they’ve told you that your illness is a figment of your imagination, or that “it’s all in your head.”

There’s a lot to be mad about right now: a dreadful pandemic, raging wildfires, our polarized country. If you’re managing health challenges on top of all this, you have many reasons to be angry.

I hear it over and over again. “I don’t want to feel this way. How can I make my ___________ go away.” Fill in the blank with whatever unpleasant state the person…

As someone with a chronic illness, you’re probably no stranger to sympathy. It make sense; illness can make us feel vulnerable and fragile, and people assume we feel helpless all the time.

When I was first diagnosed with Crohn’s disease, I thought I’d be sick forever. I saw on the interwebs people with Crohn’s disease never getting better…