I'm Sick, Can We Talk?

ISBN-13: 9780615417837 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 160 str.

Mary Carson

Opis

Talking about illness is not easy. Despite recent medical advancements, diagnosis of a serious illness still comes crashing into our world and turns our lives upside down. So we turn to each other for support. "Healthy" conversations can help reduce anxiety and increase levels of hope, but those types of conversations do not happen easily. We need to learn how to better say it like it is. A body of communication theory called "General Semantics" can help us better respond to these challenges. It offers us ways to choose our words wisely to better insure shared meaning, and it reminds us how the verbal "maps" we create and share with others affects the ways we think and behave. It's so easy for us to literally talk ourselves into negative feelings and overall despair. But it does not have to be that way. Discussion strategies housed within this book can help us better say what we mean, which, in turn, can help us face our illness challenges with less anxiety and renewed hope.

Talking about illness is never easy. Whether were a patient, caregiver, family member, or friend, its so easy to literally talk ourselves into negative feelings and overall despair. Thats why we need "healthy" speaking techniques that help us better say it like it is.This book teaches readers a variety of strategies for choosing words wisely to better insure shared meaning and understanding. It also helps readers become aware of verbal "maps" that can negatively affect how they think and behave toward an illness. Most importantly, it teaches readers how to adjust conversations across the changing landscape of an illness experience, including special chapters on "pain" and "remission/recovery."Learn how to enter into the courageous conversations an illness experience demands in ways that can lessen anxiety and lead to renewed hope.