Acknowledging where you are is powerful. It is a way of saying, “This is who I am, and these are the things I’m dealing with.” And sometimes acknowledging where you are means looking unblinkingly at a lot of unpleasant things. Depression. Loss. Lack of opportunities. Pain. And that unflinching look at the things you absolutely…
Category: Mindset
Chronic Pain Facts of Life: Balancing the Good and the Bad
You take the good. You take the bad. You take ‘em both, and there you have the facts of life a glimpse into what it’s like to be human. *clears throat* Sorry. Just needed to get that out of my system. But the theme song from one of my favorite childhood shows may have been…
Making Peace with Your Body
A lot of the time, chronic illness puts us into direct conflict with our bodies. You need to earn money, but you hurt so much that you are forced to either quit or drop to part time work. Or you want to have fun hiking with friends, but you know that there is no way…
Want To Feel Better and Decrease Your Pain? Laugh
I think laughter is often the first casualty when dealing with chronic pain. It’s hard to laugh or find the bright side of a situation when you are hurting, scared, and feeling overwhelmed. I think that is important to acknowledge. And there is a definite grieving process that most people go through when they realize…
Finding Happy
If someone had shared this advice with me before chronic pain became a part of my life, I would have turned and walked away, convinced that they were beyond stupid. Ok. Maybe not. I probably would have had to fight the urge to roll my eyes, though. But after dealing with chronic pain for the…