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Mental health and living with PF
Let’s talk about mental health and living with PF.
How is your mental health these days? Do you have any strategies for addressing and improving your mental health?
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My mental health has been truly awesome until very recently. For the last couple months I have been having a much more difficult time.
It seems very sudden to me as I have been dealing with this since 2016. Going really pretty strong. I can honestly say This is the first time I feel like my life may be closer to ending then I have ever felt. It is sad and scary.
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My pulmonologist suggested that anyone with my lung disease CPFE see a therapist to help with the up and down of depression. When I first started researching pulmonary fibrosis with emphysema I became very afraid and depressed. My therapist has been wonderful. I know my lung disease has a poor prognosis. I have my affairs in order now and am taking it one day at a time. I would recommend to anyone dealing with depression seek out help. Ask your primary care for a referral. No person has to handle this alone.
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I rely on my faith. The day we are born we are destined to die. And for the vast majority of us we have little to no control over that. But in the time we have on this earth we do have control over how we live our life. I did not choose to have IPF and Emphzemia, but I did chose to smoke. And I strongly suspect that my smoking is responsible for my illnesses. Now, I have made another choice, that being to spend my remaining days embracing life. Doing what I need to do to make my days productive and meaningful , loving people and encouraging them to do the same.
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We come and we go. The same for all are equal. Now with lives lived we got in to bad habits. I quit
Them all. But to look back I can’t change a thing and wait for my higher power good luck and god
Speed.
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I am a teen suicide survivor. The depression subsided. When I developed lupus soon after I was diagnosed with clinical depression. What sustains me is my faith walk with God, inspirational music, watching sermons on YouTube, taking classes, getting together with friends. Since the diagnosis of PH I’ve been in bed more. Initially I cry but now I learn to adjust. It’s always a roller coaster 🥴
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