Video done to support and raise awareness of body image and breast cancer survivors.
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Clinical psychologist Wendy Lichtenthal of Memorial Sloan-Kettering describes the desire to find meaning from the cancer experience.
Some cancers have a particular effect on emotions: some brain tumors, pancreatic cancer and lung cancer tend to be the most debilitating emotionally. Patients with those types of cancer often have more difficulty with depression and anxiety than patients with other types of cancer.
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Janet talks about feeling angry, feeling lost in the system, feeling isolated after initial treatment. Janet mentions benefits of psycho-oncology team (psychosocial care), voluntary services at Coping with Cancer (Helen Webb House) and also contacting Samaritans when desperate.
Here is video 4/5 talking about the emotion of Hate and Anger, two emotions that can lead you to a dark place. However I had to go through that darkness before I got to acceptance
Mike Snyder has been dealing with a rare and aggressive bone cancer for many years. But despite his diagnosis, Mike maintains a positive outlook on life. His motto is to “not let cancer define you.”
Breast cancer husband, James Coffee, talks about how he felt after his wife was diagnosed with breast cancer.
When being diagnosed with cancer, it is easy to feel anger or self-pity, but I have never allowed myself to dwell on these negatives.
This video is part of the Wellness Guide for Cancer Survivors, a new publication from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. It is for adults who have been diagnosed and treated for any type of cancer.
Vice talks to three cancer patients and survivors to get a better understanding for how to treat people with the illness.
Feeling angry is a common emotion for many people living with cancer. We discuss how to manage anger when it starts to affect your life