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Living with asthma can affect your mental and emotional wellbeing:
Living in fear of flare-ups or asthma attacks, feeling frustrated by a lack of understanding from employers, family, and healthcare professionals.
Worrying about how your lung condition affects loved ones and feeling unhappy about needing support.
Experiencing depression due to limitations from symptoms, and anxiety about finances, work, and the future as your condition may worsen.
Dealing with loneliness from missing social activities and feeling stressed after hospital stays.
A lack of sleep can impact your well-being, especially for those who often struggle to sleep due to symptoms.
Additionally, medications can affect your mood, causing side effects such as mood swings.
What can help you?
It is essential to seek help, as stress, anxiety, and depression can impact all aspects of your daily life, including the management of your condition.
Speak to your Gp about treatments for depression and anxiety.
If you are being managed in a hospital / consultant led setting you should be able to be referred to those specialists who can help you with your emotional wellbeing.
It`s a good idea to track how you are feeling in a diary and share with your Gp/healthcare team to see if there is a pattern.
Other things you could try:
- Stay Informed: Understand your condition to feel more in control.
- Practice Relaxation: Use mindfulness or deep-breathing exercises to manage stress.
- Connect with Others: Join support groups or connect with understanding friends and family.
- Exercise Regularly: Engage in moderate exercise as advised to boost mood.
- Eat Healthy: Maintain a balanced diet and stay hydrated.
- Manage Triggers: Identify and avoid asthma triggers to reduce flare-ups.
- Seek Professional Help: Talk to a therapist if feeling overwhelmed.
- Set Realistic Goals: Focus on achievable goals for motivation.
- Journal: Write about your feelings to process emotions.
- Stay Organised: Track medications and appointments to reduce anxiety.
