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Scenario

How chronic illness can create resentment toward healthy people's problems

Some days I feel angry at healthy people for complaining about minor inconveniences and other days I'm angry at myself for becoming someone who ranks suffering. This illness is turning me into someone I don't recognize.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Comparative suffering becomes both a coping mechanism and a source of moral conflict.

Your guide for this
Dipa
Dipa works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Chronic illness — living with a long condition?”

Peri

Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.

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