As a psychologist, Sue uses and teaches a form of cognitive therapy called Dialectic Behavior Therapy (DBT). She uses it herself and shares it with us as she continues her journey with advanced dry AMD also called Geographic Atrophy (GA). In DBT, the cope ahead skill helps you to imagine yourself in a situation that you expect will elicit an emotional reaction. You then mentally rehearse and see yourself having an appropriate reaction to that situation. She’s written about it before, but I asked her to give us an example of how it might be used by someone who is anxious about an upcoming anti-VEGF injection.
Sue on Assignment
Sue loves to write and has asked for assignments!
AREDS2 Study & Geographic Atrophy (2 pages)
Money for Assistive Technology (2 pages)
Non-genetic Causes of Macular Degeneration (2 pages)
Got Milk? Research on Calcified Eye Spots
How to Conduct an Experiment for Yourself
Altitude and AMD (2 pages)
Coping Fatigue (3 pages; Coping Fatigue, It’s Not Your Fault, and Exhausted by Life?)
Sue on Assignment: Mitochondria – Part 1 (2 pages)
Independence
Supplements
Resveratrol: Efficacy Not Yet Proven for AMD
CBD Oil: Safety and Efficacy Not Yet Proven for AMD
Bilberry: Safety & Efficacy of Supplement Form Not Supported by Research for AMD
Astaxanthin: Has Potential But Not Backed by Scientific Evidence for AMD