The Mental Health Challenges of Cancer

A cancer diagnosis changes far more than a person’s physical health. It can affect how someone thinks, feels, sleeps, works, relates to others, and sees their future. From the moment a person hears the words “you have cancer,” life can become a whirlwind of appointments, tests, treatment decisions, medications, financial concerns, and uncertainty. Even when…

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Mental Health: Cancer, Relationships, and Intimacy

Mental health challenges can have a particularly profound effect on intimate relationships because cancer changes not only how a person feels about their body, but also how they experience safety, vulnerability, desire, and closeness. Partners may be frightened about losing each other. They may struggle with changing responsibilities, communication difficulties, and uncertainty about what the…

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Tips for Managing Stress with Cancer & Long-term Illness

Cancer not only interrupts your life but also brings a large side order of stress, regardless of if you have ordered it willingly, or not. Stress is how your body responds to threats, triggers, demands or changes. These stressors that can hinder the cancer patient’s life are adjustments to diagnosis and treatment, managing finances, relationships,…

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The Dangers of Ignoring Mental Health during Cancer Treatment

For those hearing their cancer diagnosis for the first time, it can be a devastating and utterly life changing moment. Not only is your body damage and full of this potential killer, but your psyche is also instantly altered. In today’s day and age, cancer is no longer simply the “c” word, and awareness and…

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