I would tell myself that although I now have a chronic disease, it does not change the person underneath all the pain. She is still there. She will cower in a corner for a while, but she will emerge. I would tell her that she needed to take some time to grieve and some time to believe, some time to do things that brought joy, and time to just relax. I would tell her she is enough, that she is loved, and that this isn’t the end.
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