Dr. Ingela Thuné-Boyle
Grief in chronic illness. Yep, grief happens there too (and no one's died).
Grief is usually associated with a single event such as the death of a loved one. However, in chronic illness, grief is also very...
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Dr. Ingela Thuné-Boyle
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Dr. Ingela Thuné-Boyle
- Mar 13, 2022
- 10 min
Quality of life in chronic illness: What is it and why is it important?
When discussing a patient's health status within healthcare and clinical practice, we often talk about the concept of Quality of Life but...
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Dr. Ingela Thuné-Boyle
- Sep 4, 2021
- 14 min
'Medical gaslighting' in chronic illness: When doctors cause harm.
I've read a few articles lately about what people describe as 'medical gaslighting'. What's usually being referred to here is a tendency...
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Dr. Ingela Thuné-Boyle
- Apr 18, 2020
- 8 min
Uncertainty in chronic illness: Are you comfortable yet?
I had intended on posting a blog about what many people refer to as 'medical gaslighting' but considering the times we live in at the...
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Dr. Ingela Thuné-Boyle
- Nov 10, 2019
- 8 min
Self-compassion in chronic illness: How well do you treat yourself?
When we live with a chronic illness, it's so easy to focus on our shortcomings. So easy to fall back on self-criticism and self-blame....
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Dr. Ingela Thuné-Boyle
- Sep 21, 2019
- 7 min
Hope in chronic illness: That absolutely necessary but sometimes elusive concept.
I had intended to write about grief in chronic illness but my health took a turn for the worse with yet another episode of CSF leaks...
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Dr. Ingela Thuné-Boyle
- Mar 18, 2019
- 7 min
Acceptance in chronic illness. Really? We're meant to accept this?
Refusing to accept symptoms or limitations brought on by chronic illness is a good thing, right? It stops us from giving up, right? It...
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Dr. Ingela Thuné-Boyle
- Jan 5, 2019
- 7 min
Chronic illness and minimization by health care professionals: Courage, vulnerability and shame.
Living with a long-term illness can be difficult on so many levels but one aspect sticks out: being minimized and dismissed by healthcare...
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Dr. Ingela Thuné-Boyle
- Oct 7, 2018
- 7 min
“It’s all in your head.” Nope, but here’s how health psychology can help.
I read an interesting blog article recently. It was written by a woman who felt completely overwhelmed by her illness, especially the...
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