Living with Long-term Illness
Living with a long-lasting health condition (also called a chronic illness) presents many challenges. Learning how to meet those challenges is a process that needs to be worked, on as it doesn’t happen straight away.
Read Lamis’s amazing story of how she daily battles with the chronic long term illness called Lupus. She not only lets nothing stand in her way, despite a great deal of the time feeling terribly ill, she uses her own experiences on this helpline to help support others. We are so lucky to have her as an ambassador of Teenline and Tappy Twins.
If you’re living with a chronic illness, you might feel affected not just physically, but also emotionally and socially too. The way a person might be affected by a chronic illness depends on the particular illness and how it affects the body, how severe it is, and the kinds of treatments that might be involved.
It takes time to make adjustments and accept the changes a long-term illness brings. As a teen, if you are willing to learn, seek support from others, and participate actively in the care of your body, it will usually help get through the coping process. It is really important to understand as much as possible about your condition and how it affects you personally. Also by doing everything you can to manage it, can help you take health challenges in stride. Many people find that taking an active part in the care of a chronic health condition can help them feel stronger, more in control and better equipped to deal with lots of life’s challenges.
If you are affected by long term illness and want to chat now to someone who will listen and support you.