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Key 5: Pace Yourself
Pacing provides a way to gain control of chronic illness rather than being at the mercy of symptoms.
Key 4: Find Your Limits
Living inside the Energy Envelope offers an alternative to the cycle of push and crash.
Key 3: Experiment
How to use problem-solving, record keeping and short-term goal setting.
Key 2: Use Multiple Coping Strategies
How to develop an individualized self-management plan. (From the series 10 Keys to Successful Coping.)
Key 1: Combine Acceptance and Hope
There is power in the paradoxical combination of acceptance that life has changed and the conviction that it can be made better.
Introduction: The Power of Self-Help
There are many things you can do to help yourself, even when you have an illness with no cure.
More Advice to a New Patient
Coping strategies that fellow patients find helpful.
Pacing Strategies
How one person used pacing to gain control over symptoms and bring stability to life.
Self-Help as a Treatment for CFS
Bruce Campbell used lifestyle change to produce a steady improvement in quality of life and eventually recovery.
Creating a New Life
Moving beyond loss to build a new life.
Grieving Your Losses
Grieving can help you work through the losses resulting from illness.
Building a Support Network
Developing a support network is an antidote to the frustrations and isolation of chronic illness.
Strengthening Your Ties
Serious illness strains relationships. This article and the next one discuss strategies for responding positively.
Adjusting Thinking
Using thoughts to manage emotions.
Depression & Worry
How self-help can play a role in managing the emotional aspects of chronic disease.
Stress Reduction & Stress Prevention
Six more stress reduction techniques, plus ideas on preventing stress.
Relaxation
Relaxation is a powerful stress reducer. Here are three techniques to try.
Pacing: An Alternative to Push and Crash
Pacing provides a way to live a more stable and predictable life.
Living Within Limits
Living within your energy envelope offers an alternative to repeated cycles of push and crash.
Exercise
Guidelines for exercising safely. Also, how to stick with an exercise program.
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