how to be happy with chronic illness?
it’s all just dissatisfaction, misery and waiting

focus on the good parts about your daily life, having a good diet and exercising helps tremendously

if you're actually in pain right now, try distrscting yourself with videogames, movies, music, even weed can help alleviate the dispair

hope you get better OP! I've been there and it's truly awful

>>33404560 (OP)
Find something to do

A few years ago I got long covid for about 6 months. never knew the pain and agony that people who have chronic illness and pain went through until then. During that time, I learned to see everyday for the gift that it was. Learned that pain is inevitable, but that suffering was a choice. I learned to embrace what came as inevitable. Waking up at 3-4 in the morning feeling like I'm having a heart attack, random lasting pain from different organs, insomnia, the lack of being physically capable, spending whole days on the couch just trying to breathe right and not being able to do anything else. The fact that I kept waking up, meant that I was better than the disease that afflicted me, if it didn't kill my body, it shouldn't kill my spirit either.

Those 6 months made me see and appreciate life in a whole new way and gave me gratitude for all of the good I had in my life. There was so much more good than bad. I get it's hard to see life as more good than bad because it really feels like the chronic illness takes away a lot of the good from anything you do. But you are alive, your body is alive, and so should your spirit be. You deserve happiness, don't let disease take that away from you, you just have to realize that happiness comes from within and is a daily practice and skill. I grieve for your pain and only wish you the best.

Don't set expectation, it will kill anything. Take each day as it comes, preparing for the worst but motivated to make the best out of it regardless. Never view the bad days as negative progress, each new day is always forward progress. Eat well and workout when you can, your body will thank you, and don't forget to thank it as well. Despite the illness, your body is fighting it's absolute hardest to be at 100%, just as you should mentally and spiritually. Fight for your life like you deserve to be here because you do! If you didn't deserve to be here, you wouldn't be.

>>33404760
Finally someone talks about long covid here. That shit is brutal and I’ve had it for 3 years now. My life is shit

>>33404560 (OP)
>Manage your expectations
>quote literally just focus on today, not yesterday, not tomorrow
>physicsl therapy if it applies; exercise if possible
>social support; this is the biggest one
>don’t isolate. Don’t do drugs.
>read books