A review by ghostbird
Sick and Tired of Feeling Sick and Tired: Living with Invisible Chronic Illness by Mary E. Siegel, Paul J. Donoghue

4.0

This book was pretty good. The first section went over what an Invisible Chronic Illness is with examples and anecdotes, and how it affects someone not only physically but socially and psychologically. The second section is about learning to cope with chronic illness. I found it very helpful and even took some notes. It reflected some of what I have been learning lately in talk therapy, such as confronting irrational thoughts and learning better ways of communicating your feelings and listening to others feelings. The end of the book includes reading lists and contact information for various associations related to the chronic illnesses in the book.

This was first published in 1992, with an introduction added in 2000 so some of the information and contacts may be out of date. I noticed a lot of the books on the reading lists were older as well. Also, there is a slight Christian/religious slant to some of the sections which I found a bit out of place, but it wasn't very overwhelming and was easy to ignore for someone who isn't Christian or religious.