Stress from injury or illness of yourself

After a serious illness or injury, you might be fearful of things going wrong in your life again. This can cause you to want to stay at home all of the time and not try anything risky. While this is good practice, you need to remember that your life still needs to go on after your incident. With the blessing of your doctor, you will want to try to go back to your life as it was before your illness or injury. This might be accomplished by creating a schedule for you to follow each day or doing something that makes you feel normal. For example, if you've been housebound with an illness, getting outside to walk your dog can help to reduce your anxiety as well as help you realize that the world is not a scary place.

When you were injured or sick, people in your life probably paid more attention to you. They wanted to know how you were feeling and what they could do to help. But once the infection or illness is gone and the injury is healed, it seems like no one cares about you anymore. This is a stressful feeling that can be overcome by keeping in contact with the people in your life, talking about everyday things and maintaining a connection. You need to reach out to people to let them know how you are feeling, but also to get that interaction that you crave.

Anxiety about feeling somewhat different after an illness or injury can also cause stress in your life. You might be on medications or need to go to physical therapy, making you feel like you're somehow not the same person. Instead of looking at your life like that, try looking at each new challenge as a responsibility or a new learning opportunity. Try to learn as much about the medications that you're taking or the therapy that you're doing. This will help you feel more in control as well as help to enhance your health. Praise yourself for taking your medicine and keeping your doctor appointments. These are merely things that you need to do now in order to make sure your body is healthy once again - but they do not define who you are.

Getting well is your top priority, but managing your stress should be a part of that equation. Ask a lot of questions and make sure that you're following your doctor's orders - you'll be back to health in no time.

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