No matter what your chronic illness is a self-help group is an excellent opportunity to be with people that deal with the same things that you do. And let you know that you are not alone.
I was a certified self-help group leader with the national MS Society for about a year and a half and it was a wonderful experience. I met so many other people with multiple sclerosis and so many different types of MS. It gave me a greater understanding of what I'm living with but it also gave me a better understanding that I'm not the only one living with it. I discovered that a healthy combination of optimism and realism is key to making the most of existing with a chronic illness.
This vlog talks about multiple sclerosis self-help groups, that will resume being person to person meetings eventually as we move towards a post-Covid world, because that's my personal disease and my personal experience. But I'm sure a web search will reveal many peer groups for various chronic illnesses as well as local person-to-person support groups.
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