Sort each part of adapting to chronic illness by what it primarily involves.
Groups: Managing physical symptoms · Navigating identity and social-role change
- Managing recurring pain flare-ups
- Adjusting friendships around new physical limits
- Taking insulin on a strict schedule
- Monitoring blood sugar throughout the day
- Renegotiating one's role as the family breadwinner
- Rebuilding a sense of who one is after diagnosis
Hints
- Ask whether the task targets the BODY or the person's sense of self and relationships.
- Medication and monitoring are symptom management; roles, identity, and friendships are the social side.
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Managing physical symptoms: Taking insulin on a strict schedule, Monitoring blood sugar throughout the day, Managing recurring pain flare-ups
Navigating identity and social-role change: Renegotiating one's role as the family breadwinner, Rebuilding a sense of who one is after diagnosis, Adjusting friendships around new physical limits
Insulin, monitoring, and pain management target physical symptoms; renegotiating breadwinner status, rebuilding identity, and adjusting friendships address identity and social roles. Adapting successfully requires both - not symptom control alone.
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