Mourning the Death of Your Previous Life: Understanding the Initial Emotional ImpactThe reaction to being diagnosed with COPD is as varied as the people who get COPD. Being diagnosed with COPD may cause...6 min read
You Are Not Alone“Laugh and the world laughs with you, snore and you sleep alone.” – Anthony Burgess I hope you got a laugh out...4 min read
COPD and DepressionSo often with a chronic illness, a person becomes depressed. It gets so difficult to feel like we struggle so often. We...3 min read
Fighting Anxiety With COPDIt's not an easy fight when you have COPD, and having the added bonus of anxiety makes it feel like a double...3 min read
The Relationship Between COPD and DepressionI have been writing articles for COPD.net for several years now and there's one topic that I've thought about writing about for...3 min read
Why Are We Depressed?In Part I of this series I wrote specifically about how COPD patients have an increased chance of being clinically depressed and...2 min read
What Do We Do About Depression?In this series, we've explored the relationship between COPD and depression. We have gone through the reasons why COPD patients have depression...2 min read