About this episode

This episode explores the emotional weight of chronic illness and the feelings of loneliness that can accompany it.

Are you struggling with chronic illness or symptoms that just won't go away, and you've gotten to a point where it just feels like maybe no one understands your symptoms or what you're going through? Do your parents, family, or friends subtly or directly implying that don't really think you have anything? That you're overly sensitive and it's go away if you just chose to stop being so sensitive? Are you tired of explaining your symptoms or what day to day life is like to your family or friends - maybe they don't devalidate you like your family, but they have no idea how to respond other that "I'm so sorry you're going through that", and you feel even more alone than before you shared? Or - have you sat in a doctor’s office, hoping someone would finally understand — and been met with blank stares and no answers? If you said yes to any of those questions, this episode is for you. Today’s episode starts our series exploring the emotional weight of chronic illness. No protocols. No strategies. No fixing. In this series, I’m sharing the things that anchored me on my journey toward wholeness — even in seasons where I felt like (or literally was) making zero progress. The goal is…

People in this episode

Host: Allison Jordan

Topics covered

• chronic illness
• emotional health
• loneliness
• support
• understanding
• mental health

Keywords

• chronic illness
• loneliness
• emotional health
• support
• understanding symptoms

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