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How to rebuild identity after chronic illness recovery

I am finally healthy after two years of chronic illness but I do not know who I am when I am not sick.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Extended illness can become so central to identity that healing itself becomes a form of existential crisis.

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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Acute illness and recovery?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.