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When chronic illness erases your pre-diagnosis self

I've been chronically ill for five years and I'm starting to forget who I was before, like that person was just a dream I had once.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Extended illness creates psychological discontinuity, making your former identity feel foreign and potentially irretrievable.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Chronic illness and identity?”

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