Re: Has Chronic Illness completely changed your personality?

I know EXACTLY how you feel about watching others progress and move on with life while you feel trapped, as if your life is moving at half the pace it once was. EVERYONE AROUND ME LOOKS HEALTHY!!
I sometimes think that the realization of this is actually harder than the chronic illness itself, at least part of the time.
I find it very hard to escape this cyclical pattern of feeling bad about being sick, then feeling sicker, then feeling more down again about feeling even sicker. once that habit is formed, breaking free from it feels almost impossible at times.
what are all of your methods for dealing with this sort of thought process that hinders progress?