Your overall wellness depends on many factors. These include your physical health, your hopes, goals, and dreams. Feeling like your whole life lies ahead with unlimited potential is powerful. But a serious illness diagnosis can shatter this instantly. Suddenly, limiting factors affect your life’s length or quality. This drastic change often triggers depression. Stage four cancer and other terminal illnesses frequently cause this depression. However, life-altering diagnoses like diabetes, heart disease, or HIV also have profound impacts. Even though treatable, these conditions dramatically alter a person’s view of the future. This piece explores the emotional process following life-changing health news....
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