How do you cope with “the guilt”?
I had to have the day off today. I had pneumonia in November and I’m still in recovery from that, but over the weekend I became really unwell and knew it was a chest infection. I spent today at the doctors, sorting meds and generally being a mess. I cried in the doctors office, about missing work, about always being ill and mainly about the guilt. If I’m off work it has such a massive knock on effect for so many people and the guilt of that crushes me. I’m going back tomorrow (way before medical advice) because I know if I stay off longer I will not cope mentally. How do you cope with “the guilt” that accompanies chronic illness?
(next time I will try and post something more uplifting 😔)
#Guilt #ChronicIllness #Unreliable #lettingpeopledown