Feel Better Faster Overcoming the Emotional Fallout of Your Illness or Injury

by Foster, Charles

• ISBN13: 9781590770443
• ISBN10: 1590770447
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-06-11
• Publisher: M. Evans & Company

Summary

When we're recovering from an illness or an injury, we think we're doing everything we can to get back on our feet fast. We take our medicine, follow the doctors' orders, and faithfully attend physical therapy. But all too often we overlook the emotional issues that inevitably emerge and hinder our recovery -- in some circumstances making a bad situation even worse. The emotional baggage that comes with being injured or diagnosed with an illness should never be underestimated. After all, sickness changes your life. Not being able to do things for yourself is a difficult and frustrating process. Depending on others to take care of you can, and does, affect the rate at which you get well. Situations that range from extended care (long-term physical therapy, chemo, radiation) to permanent physical changes (amputation or illnesses like arthritis) to chronic pain conditions frequently produce an emotional fallout which becomes a "second illness" and requires additional treatment. In this book Dr. Charles Foster provides you with the strategies you need to confront the past, overcome the psychological aspects of your ailment, and get you in the fast lane to recovery. This book is your key to eliminating the barriers impeding your recovery. Let Dr. Foster show you how to feel better fast while healing you inside and out. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Charles Foster, Ph.D., is director of the Chestnut Hill Institute in Boston and has been a clinician, consultant, and researcher for twenty-five years

Table of Contents

Welcome to the Medicine of the Future	9	(4)
Mira Kirshenbaum
Acknowledgments	13	(4)
To My Readers	17	(2)
The Missing Ingredient in Your Full Recovery	19	(18)
How Illness and Injury Create Emotional Fallout	37	(10)
Understanding Your Unruly Emotions	47	(12)
Putting Negative Emotions Behind You	59	(18)
Shortcuts to Feeling Better	77	(14)
Making Decisions You Feel Good About	91	(10)
What You Can Do to Ease Your Symptoms	101	(16)
Taking Back Control over Your Body	117	(14)
Facing Your Future with Confidence	131	(10)
Eight Steps to Living without Anxiety	141	(16)
How to Increase Your Emotional Energy	157	(12)
Getting the Most out of Your Support System	169	(16)
Healing the Patient-Caregiver Relationship	185	(14)
Making Sure You Get the Optimal Treatment	199	(16)
Getting the Most from Your Doctor	215	(18)
Using Your Spirituality to Speed Your Recovery	233	(8)
Postscript	241	(2)
Suggestions for Further Reading	243	(4)
Index	247