TY - JOUR
T1 - Implications of forgiveness enhancement in patients with fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome
AU - Toussaint, Loren
AU - Overvold-Ronningen, Mary
AU - Vincent, Ann
AU - Luedtke, Connie
AU - Whipple, Mary
AU - Schriever, Tina
AU - Luskin, Frederic
PY - 2010/7
Y1 - 2010/7
N2 - The purpose of this review is to examine forgiveness as a means to enhance coping with the emotional sequelae of two disorders, fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue. As with many chronic illnesses, fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue often result in a host of negative emotions including, anger, stress, fear, and depression. We contend that learning to become more forgiving may be a complementary treatment to cope with the ongoing stress, frustration, and negative emotions that result from these two conditions. Our review includes descriptive information on fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue, a brief review of the literature on anger and its influence on health, a review of the connections between forgiveness and wellbeing, and methods to enhance forgiveness in patients' lives. We conclude with a conceptual model that we hope will be useful to design and/or evaluate work on forgiveness in these patients.
AB - The purpose of this review is to examine forgiveness as a means to enhance coping with the emotional sequelae of two disorders, fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue. As with many chronic illnesses, fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue often result in a host of negative emotions including, anger, stress, fear, and depression. We contend that learning to become more forgiving may be a complementary treatment to cope with the ongoing stress, frustration, and negative emotions that result from these two conditions. Our review includes descriptive information on fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue, a brief review of the literature on anger and its influence on health, a review of the connections between forgiveness and wellbeing, and methods to enhance forgiveness in patients' lives. We conclude with a conceptual model that we hope will be useful to design and/or evaluate work on forgiveness in these patients.
KW - Chronic fatigue syndrome
KW - Fibromyalgia
KW - Forgiveness
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U2 - 10.1080/08854726.2010.492713
DO - 10.1080/08854726.2010.492713
M3 - Article
C2 - 20658426
AN - SCOPUS:77954868924
SN - 0885-4726
VL - 16
SP - 123
EP - 139
JO - Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy
JF - Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy
IS - 3-4
ER -