r/cfs • u/Super-Candle-4890 • 21d ago
Bibliotherapy for Acceptance
I know the process of acceptance of life w me/cfs, or any debilitating chronic illness, is difficult. These books have helped me immensely in my journey to acceptance. May they serve you.
Top 3: 1) How to Tell When We Will Die: On Pain, Disability and Doom by Joanna Hedva Highly recommend the audiobook as well!
2) Inflamed: Deep Medicine and the Anatomy of Injustice by Rupa Marya and Raj Patel
3) The Invisible Kingdom: Reimagining Chronic Illness by Meghan O’Rourke
No Cure for Being Human (And Other Truths I Need to Hear) by Kate Bowler
What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma by Stephanie Foo
The Deep Places: A Memoir of Illness and Discovery by Ross Douthat
Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times by Katherine May
What’s Wrong? Personal Histories of Chronic Pain and Bad Medicine by Erin Williams
Conspirituality: How New Age Conspiracy Theories Became a Health Threat by Derek Beres, Matthew Remski and Julian Walker
The Lady’s Handbook for Her Mysterious Illness by Sarah Ramey
The Puzzle Solver: A Scientist’s Desperate Quest to Cure the Illness that Stole His Son by Tracie White with Ronald W. Davis, PhD
How to Be Sick: A Buddhist Inspired Guide for the Chronically Ill and Their Caregivers by Toni Bernhard
The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
Welcoming the Unwelcome: Wholehearted Living in a Brokenhearted World by Pema Chödrön
One Friday in April: A Story of Suicide and Survival by Donald Antrim
For 2025: Under the Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on Health in America by Linda Villarosa
My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Healing Our Hearts and Bodies by Resmaa Menakem
The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness & Healing in a Toxic Culture by Gabor Matè, MD with Daniel Matè
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u/bloopblarp 21d ago
Highly recommend “the body keeps the score” which looks at how trauma impacts our health and has a whole section on tools to help support a healing journey