Lyme Lessons: Acceptance and Why You Need Lyme Disease

Let’s start off by saying this title is a joke – half a joke anyways! This article is not pro-everyone-get-Lyme! Rather, it’s about all the lessons that I have gained in exchange for the ones I lost when I got sick. The most valuable thing Lyme has taught me is acceptance.

It’s hard not to reflect when you’re sick.

In reflection, we come to terms with unfulfilled goals and everything we put on hold only to find the day of returning to our old lives has not arrived. Chronic illness may be your toughest challenge, but it won’t be your last. Your humility and strength from what has not yet killed you. Both will be invaluable in all of life’s challenges.

Face it

Coping with a chronic illness is hard. It’s one of the hardest things you may ever do. But it’s, well, chronic. You may never feel as energetic as you did before you got sick and you certainly will never feel as energetic as you did when you were a child. But being negative makes it no easier. There is another option, and it’s better than perfect health: acceptance.

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