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When diagnosis kills the imagined self

I got diagnosed with a chronic illness and I'm mourning the future I thought I was going to have.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Illness reveals how much identity depends on projections of tomorrow.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Buddhist grief — impermanence as practice?”

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