How Do You Survive Cancer Emotionally?
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HOW do you survive something life threatening on an emotional level?
If feels like the worry, concern, fear will always be there. For some individuals everywhere they turn it pops up!
Want a simple solution? Don’t let it take over your thoughts, define you or control your life. I thought it would be that simple while going through my cancer journey(s).
EASIER said than done! I tried it…MANY times on my own!
But in reality let’s talk it through, how do you survive cancer emotionally with all that comes with it?
You learn to live with the thoughts and emotions - SOME version of it, knowing that the thoughts and ego is there to keep you safe! Find a tolerance level to the worry and concern that won’t harm you. The thoughts won’t go away 100% so find a place for them, and not in the front seat! Learn to have control over how long those thoughts and fears can stick around in that moment - your tolerance.
Cancer comes with a lot of baggage and involves every part of your being whether mental, physical, within the family structure, socially, and more! This disease carries with it an emotional experience…and that part isn’t always addressed. It seems the physical, visual, clinical aspects take the front seat but learning to survive cancer emotionally needs to be forefront.
Emotions are real!
Emotions are real and there is value in being able to express what we are actually feeling, rather than keeping things light and tame, or ignoring and hiding your feelings altogether. Being able to name our emotions tends to diffuse their charge and lessen the burden they create. Everything is energy and our feelings are no different! Think of emotions like the white elephant in the room…when we address it (or name it), the white elephant shrinks or eventually goes away!
So go ahead, start naming those emotions including fear, anger, sadness, frustration, etc.. Don’t wait for them to be gone before you take action. Allow yourself to feel the emotion and then determine a tolerance for that feeling when it presents again. Naming the emotion helps you identify when it presents, acknowledge it, feel it, and then start the healing process. You decide to move forward, knowing that emotion is there instead of avoiding it or getting numb to it.
Identify a level of emotional tolerance
So how do you survive cancer emotionally? You accept a healthy tolerance to your emotions without fear and concern debilitating you.This helps you start the emotional healing from what you are going through. It takes time and hard work to build the skill of emotional tolerance but with practice it will help you thrive through your experience.
Build the skill!
Don’t let the fear or frustration have the last seat in your journey. Meet fear with resilience, feel those new feelings arise and let the transformation begin!
If you let fear have the last say…You will never see what you were capable of.
surviving cancer emotionally
When I started to understand the impact my emotions played in my cancer journey and how I could help others get out of the pit, I put it to paper!
I invite you to check out my Cancer Care workbook and mini class. This workbook was created with YOU and your family in mind as a gateway to understand the cancer journey itself and the impact emotions have along the way. This workbook and mini class will provide the tools to guide you AND give you the action steps needed to thrive through your experience.
Bonus!
Not only do you get an electronic version of the workbook, I’ve included a recording walking you through the modules and content within the book itself (the class I taught to others)! There are four modules, and EVERYTHING to get started on your way to emotional wellness and survive cancer on an emotional level as well!
This is a guide for anyone touched by cancer! Grab your copy of the workbook and mini class here.
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