Managing the Emotional Aspects of a Chronic Illnesses
Chronic illnesses are thought of as conditions lasting over a year requiring constant treatment or monitoring and causing functional disruptions.
Empathy – Standing In Someone Else’s Shoe
The word empathy traces its roots back in early history and is derived from the Greek term empatheia, which means affection.
Stress Is Affecting Your Kidneys
It is estimated that around 15% and around 17% of the Indian population of the adult US population suffer from chronic kidney disease with it being more common among women and elderly people.
Hope – The Light at the End
While the hope construct has been defined in various ways, broadly 3 types of hope can be identified in the literature.
Enmeshed Family Dynamics : When you’re too tight-knit
Have you heard of ‘mama’s boy’ syndrome? Although this is not a formal diagnosis, it has commonly been used to describe a relationship where the child is infantilized by the parent and they are codependent on each other.