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Because I have always been work Bedroom Guardian Review focussed, when I gave up my job, I felt that I had completely lost my identity and my confidence hit rock bottom. So, to keep myself occupied, I set up a charity to support other people living with lichen planus (UK Lichen Planus). Many of those members also had other health issues and I found that I was informally mentoring them to take back control of their lives, to re-invent themselves and to be experts with their own unique experiences of the health issues affecting them. The positive feedback from clients and the realisation that I actually really enjoyed the work, encouraged me to make the decision to formally train as a professional coach in 2008.
It took me a year to qualify because of course, I had to gently pace myself. I negotiated around my mobility needs and was able to attend the training days in half day sessions. This helped a lot, not only in managing the pain and fatigue, but the brain fog, which makes retaining information difficult. I was very proud to graduate with distinction.
I had found something to make life worth living again, it had taken a long time to get there, but I had got my sense of purpose back. Long term health issues can turn your world completely upside down and bring with it feelings of despair, inadequacy, isolation and frustration - it can feel a bit like being at the bottom of a black hole - but not knowing how best to get out, although you know you desperately want to! I now work with people who are in a similar situation to the one I found myself in a few years ago so I can completely empathise.
Some of the areas often affected by long term health issues such as back pain, vulvodynia, fibromyalgia, ME, MS, lupus etc are: poor sleep, a lack of self esteem and confidence (this is particularly relevant because it's so easy to feel unattractive when you have to cope with weight gain, medication, pain and fatigue on a daily basis) and of course, all of this can have a devastating effect on relationships both at home and at work.
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