IT'S REALLY NOT A BIG DEAL.

With Lupus, the immune system attacks instead of protecting the body. Lupus does not discriminate: it attacks all organs, including the brain and nervous system. To add to the above, treatments themselves can impair mental and emotional health.

For those reasons, life with Lupus can be very challenging. With symptoms that come and go, disease flares and remissions, and the uncertainty of what each day will bring, it is normal to experience unhappiness, frustration, anger, and sadness. It is also normal to grieve for the loss of life before Lupus.

However, there is a difference between temporary negative feelings and those that become overwhelming and long-lasting, which may signal a serious illness called clinical depression.