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Chronic desease
The psychological impact of the diagnosis of chronic disease metabolic type
Strikes as a bolt from the blue a person's life that he felt in perfect physical condition and that from that moment onwards must accept a profound change in your ability, potential, habits and behaviors along with deep feelings of impotence, diversity and alienation respect to the condition of "sick".
"I do not feel," I can not ... "are the most frequent attitudes and negative in front of the awareness of having to deal with constant therapy and reduce term as the autoefficacia Understanding confidence that a person places in their ability to perform a task successfully.
The autoefficacia in these situations is a very important variable, because the influence ways of thinking, the choice of action, perseverance in the face of obstacles, the level of involvement and commitment to the task, the ability to withstand adversity, until reflected humor that sometimes turns into a real depression ..
The reaction to the diagnosis of chronic illness obviously varies depending on age of the patient, resulting in a more dramatic impact in the adolescent in facing a hardship that characterize his entire life and that problematic more normal adolescent crisis focused on the search for the his identity and autonomy.
On a practical level chronic disease metabolic type requires more than medical attention by a team of professionals, careful management by the patient himself, which is realized through a strict control, self hours dressing (in the case of a diabetic patient), exercise a constant and regular visits.
All this constitutes a significant source of stress for patients who need support to deal not only with minor discomfort and illness.
The psychological support can be an excellent resource in this sense, both in the onset of a depression, both in motivating and rimotivate the patient self , in support to enter into a process of adapting to his condition gradually until reaching acceptance active.
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