Emotional Autoimmunity: Dealing with the emotional issues of chronic illness

Kerry Jeffery

Chronic illness completely changes your life but nobody talks about or even acknowledges all of the emotional issues that come with it and I'm on a mission to change that. As a therapist living with four autoimmune diseases, I know exactly what the issues are and more importantly, how to overcome them. From medical gaslighting, dealing with grief and all of the 'what if' thoughts that keep you awake at night, let's talk about the emotional issues of chronic illness and what you can do to help yourself.

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How my chronic illnesses affect my everyday life

Emotional Autoimmunity: Dealing with the emotional issues of chronic illness

06/19/24 • 62 min

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Today (June 19th, 2024) marks 4 years since my Type 1 diabetes diagnosis which makes this the perfect time to talk about how my chronic illnesses affect my everyday life.
In this podcast I open up about each of my 4 different autoimmune diseases, the impact they have on me, what's changed what ongoing issues I still have and how I deal with them.
This includes how it's affected my sleep, diet, social life, friendships, relationships and the many ways in which it has changed my life.
I also share a peek into my daily chronic illness management, my health goals, typical medical administration and what life is generally like for me.
As always, I am not a medical doctor and the way in which I choose to manage my illness is what works best for me. There is no "one" way to manage chronic illness and we all need to find our way and what works best for us.
The audio recording cut out at the end but all you are missing is my usual "bye for now."

Kerry Jeffery is a Coach, Counsellor and Clinical Hypnotherapist helping clients all around the world to overcome the emotional issues of living with chronic illness.
She lives in Melbourne, Australia along with Hashimoto's, Celiac, Antiphospholipid Syndrome and Type 1 Diabetes.
Find out more about Kerry and her Therapy programs here.
Book your FREE online Discovery Session with Kerry here.
Follow Kerry for daily posts on Facebook here.

How to adapt to living with chronic illness: Part 1.

Emotional Autoimmunity: Dealing with the emotional issues of chronic illness

11/20/24 • 39 min

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Most of my new clients with chronic illness are starting from a place of complete overwhelm and feeling like they are sitting in the wreckage of their lives and wondering, 'where do I even start to deal with this?'
So let's talk about overcoming that overwhelm and finding ways to help yourself take back some sense of direction and control.
In this episode which will be a series, I start breaking down the first steps you need to take to start adapting to living your new life with chronic illness.
This includes:

Processing all the emotions
How to get the information you need
First steps to working out what you can do to help yourself
What your priorities need to be
How to manage the disbelief.

If you are feeling totally overwhelmed and need some direction and validation, then this podcast is for you.

The top 5 Chronic Illness irrational thoughts.

Emotional Autoimmunity: Dealing with the emotional issues of chronic illness

11/20/23 • 34 min

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Irrational thoughts, otherwise known in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy circles as Cognitive Distortions are something that everyone experiences.
The problem with these irrational thoughts is that they can and do influence our behaviour, emotions, beliefs and relationships and they are key contributors to high levels of stress.
They are also the biggest drivers of things like guilt, anxiety, depression, overwhelm, hopelessness and relationship issues.
While there are many known and common cognitive distortions that have been identified, when it comes to chronic illness, there are five that are the most globally experienced and the most damaging.
In this episode of the Emotional Autoimmunity podcast, I take you through the top 5 Chronic Illness irrational thoughts, how we use them and more importantly, what you can do to challenge and overcome them.
Some of them may even surprise you.

Moving through the grief of chronic illness: The audio book

Emotional Autoimmunity: Dealing with the emotional issues of chronic illness

03/31/23 • 59 min

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Way back in 2017 when I was still in the midst of adapting to life with chronic illness, I was searching for some sort of psychological grief model to help me make sense of everything I was going through.
There was nothing out there that I could find that was helpful as most of them were trying to adapt the model that Dr Elizabeth Kübler-Ross created for patients trying to come to terms with terminal illness which didn't fit my experience.
So, I decided to create my own and the result is my e-book "Moving through the Grief of Chronic illness."
While I have always made my e-book freely available as a gift for joining my email community, I know that not everyone has the ability to read at the moment so this episode is an audio version just for you!
While listening it's important to be aware that this is NOT a linear model. Not everyone will experience every single stage and it's very normal to switch back and forth between stages as new health challenges arise.
Please share this with anyone you think needs to hear it.

Why you need to stop fighting your chronic illness.

Emotional Autoimmunity: Dealing with the emotional issues of chronic illness

03/06/20 • 39 min

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When you become chronically ill, your first instinct is to fight for your life against this disease that feels like it has taken so much from you. The illness becomes the enemy, something that you need to battle against and beat.
But when you have chronic illness, is this actually the best thing you can do for your health and happiness?
And if fighting doesn't work, then what does and how can you help yourself feel better, emotionally and physically?
In episode 3, I unpack what it actually means to make the illness your enemy and explain why going to war against your chronic illness can actually make it worse.
Do you need to stop fighting your chronic illness? Find out here.

Episode 23: Emily Souder, Motherhood, chronic illness and how you can talk about it with your children

Emotional Autoimmunity: Dealing with the emotional issues of chronic illness

10/01/19 • 60 min

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Emily was diagnosed with Hashimoto's 6 years ago, but it is only in the last 9 months that she has been really feeling the impact of chronic illness. As a Mom of two young children ages 4 and 2, trying to explain her fatigue and the pain in her hands from arthritis has been a challenge. Emily shares her story about chronic illness, seeking help and how she explains her day to day difficulties of chronic illness in a way that helps her children understand and still feel safe.

Episode 22: Krista Rowan Finding possibilities after 20 years of Rheumatoid Arthritis

Emotional Autoimmunity: Dealing with the emotional issues of chronic illness

09/18/19 • 66 min

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One night twenty years ago, Krista Rowan went to bed feeling normal and woke up the next day in acute pain from a full body flare that turned out to be Rheumatoid Arthritis. She spent most of those years looking for the next medication once the old one failed and trying to find a way to fit herself back into her old life. It took a big wake up call including adding more to her diagnosis list to help her start making baby steps to find the possibilities available to her now.

Episode 9: Dr. Terry Wahls. Our choices define who we are

Emotional Autoimmunity: Dealing with the emotional issues of chronic illness

03/19/19 • 54 min

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Dr Terry Wahls shares how she began to slow the decline of her progressive Multiple Sclerosis, to become remarkably better. Terry firmly believes that our choices define who we are and shares what drove her to making those choices for wellness and health.

Episode 8: How Bill Gasiamis's life changed for the better after multiple haemorrhagic strokes, brain surgery and hypothryoidism.

Emotional Autoimmunity: Dealing with the emotional issues of chronic illness

03/05/19 • 69 min

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Bill Gasiamis experienced 3 strokes from a bleed in his brain. After surgery to repair the blood vessels, Bill then discovered that he had a thyroid condition that would leave him hypothyroid. How Bill made his recovery will inspire you.

How the emotionally issues of Chronic Illness really affect your body.

Emotional Autoimmunity: Dealing with the emotional issues of chronic illness

02/03/23 • 47 min

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When you become chronically ill, along with all the disbelief, medical gaslighting and accusations of "it's all in your head", you can also meet a lot of armchair psychologists.
And they just love to tell you all about the deep seated issues, long hidden trauma and other weird and wonderful subconscious things that not only created your chronic illness, but will be cured it you just 'do the inner work.'
Because it must be 'psychosomatic'.
Given all that, it's no surprise that when you live with chronic illness , you don't consider prioritising your emotional issues or mental health because you are too busy trying to get people to believe that your illness is actually real and not 'all in your head.'
In this episode, I take you through exactly why the emotions of chronic illness are not believed or supported and how your emotions really affect your body.
It's going to give you some insight and strategies that will help. Have a listen.

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The average episode length on Emotional Autoimmunity: Dealing with the emotional issues of chronic illness is 53 minutes.

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