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Sometimes when our illness flares or we experience new symptoms, we turn outward. Was it the weather that brought this on? To much work? Family quarrels? Traffic? But as easy as it would be to blame every flare or symptom on our chronic illness, we know that sometimes we contribute to the situation, too. We…http://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/gooddaysbaddays/files/2015/10/Second-close-up-of-picture-257x300.jpg