Category: Mental Health
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Support groups suck
Some issues with support groups and alternatives for seeking improvement with your condition.
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Self-image struggle
Colitis makes me feel gross and a lot of the time I want to live like a recluse. “Who would want this? I come with so much baggage. Exhausted all the time, constant anxiety, depression, and then all the gastrointestinal issues when I’m flaring.”
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The infinite loop
“Stress and anxiety are known to compound the effects of colitis or make a flare more likely to occur, so now I’m anxious about my anxiety giving me colitis trouble…”
