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All these feelings are normal, and it’s normal to have good and bad days both physically and emotionally. As you get accustomed to your new routine and begin doing the things you can do to manage your symptoms, these feelings may lose a lot of their initial force. That’s not to say that you’ll never experience their full impact again, but they may recede to the background for the most part.
There are some things you can do to keep bad feelings from taking over your life:
Get dressed every day, even if you don’t plan to go out. Motivating yourself to do something, even small household chores, is easier if you’re already dressed and ready to face the day.
Whenever you can, take a walk outside for some exercise and fresh air. Being cooped up isn’t good for anybody’s mental health. Even a few minutes outside can do wonders for your mood.
Keep up with favorite hobbies or activities, or, if that’s not possible, find new ones Occupying your mind and hands with something you enjoy helps keep you from brooding about the not-so-positive things.
Maintain your friendships. People are social creatures, and social interaction goes a long way in helping to keep your spirits up.
Talk to others — family members, friends, clergy, or a counselor — about how you feel. Often, just expressing your feelings out loud can strip them of a lot of their force.
Take your meds as directed and follow the other elements of your treatment plan. Your meds, diet, and exercise all play a role in reducing your physical symptoms, and the better you feel physically, the better you feel mentally and emotionally.
Give yourself permission to get enough rest. COPD is a fatiguing disease, and if you don’t get enough rest, you won’t be able to do a lot of things you want to do.
There are some things you can do to keep bad feelings from taking over your life:
Get dressed every day, even if you don’t plan to go out. Motivating yourself to do something, even small household chores, is easier if you’re already dressed and ready to face the day.
Whenever you can, take a walk outside for some exercise and fresh air. Being cooped up isn’t good for anybody’s mental health. Even a few minutes outside can do wonders for your mood.
Keep up with favorite hobbies or activities, or, if that’s not possible, find new ones Occupying your mind and hands with something you enjoy helps keep you from brooding about the not-so-positive things.
Maintain your friendships. People are social creatures, and social interaction goes a long way in helping to keep your spirits up.
Talk to others — family members, friends, clergy, or a counselor — about how you feel. Often, just expressing your feelings out loud can strip them of a lot of their force.
Take your meds as directed and follow the other elements of your treatment plan. Your meds, diet, and exercise all play a role in reducing your physical symptoms, and the better you feel physically, the better you feel mentally and emotionally.
Give yourself permission to get enough rest. COPD is a fatiguing disease, and if you don’t get enough rest, you won’t be able to do a lot of things you want to do.
Thanks to MD Kevin Felner for these info.
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