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Regaining and repurposing myself

Posted By geminiem84

"Regaining and repurposing myself"

About: Inclusion Thurrock (Talking Therapies)

(as a service user),

I lost my purpose and meaning to my life through chronic illness. Living with pain and fatigue daily, unable to plan or manage basic everyday tasks. The loss I felt from not being able to work and the frustration at not be independent with tasks, took my life the way I knew it. Depression took hold of me and my motivation for life disappeared.

Through the talking therapy and support with pacing my life through scheduling tasks allowing for my pain and fatigue, I learned to reassess my purpose.

I learnt that my purpose was now focusing on myself and how I can improve my quality of life by allowing myself a balanced set of tasks that were achievable.

I learned to accept that I am unable to do what I used to, but I was still capable just in a different way.

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Response from Taffy Nyambuya, Assistant Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner, Inclusion Thurrock NHS Talking Therapies 2 weeks ago
Taffy Nyambuya
Assistant Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner,
Inclusion Thurrock NHS Talking Therapies

Submitted on 15/04/2024 at 17:43
Published on Care Opinion at 21:51

Hello Geminiem84,

Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback of your experience with Inclusion Thurrock Talking Therapies.

It is amazing to hear that you felt supported during your time at Inclusion Thurrock. I can understand how living with Chronic illness and depression impacted the way you viewed life and your independency.

I am glad that you were able to learn the skills necessary to adjust to creating a schedule for tasks and allowing room to listen to your body.

I am also pleased to hear that you have found your purpose in focusing on yourself and improving your quality of life and hopefully the tools and techniques you have learned in therapy will support you with this in the future.

I hope that your feedback encourages others to share their experience with us at Inclusion Thurrock Talking Therapies.

I wish you all the best for the future,

Taffy

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