When your morning begins with pain and your day ends with pain it is exhausting. Not just physically exhausting, mentally and emotionally, too. Anyone who has lived with chronic pain will know just how frustrating it is. Whether your chronic pain has a diagnosable name or you are still experiencing never ending tests.
The truth is that the average person cannot understand what you are going through, because they haven’t lived it. It can be difficult to empathize with someone that is dealing with something that you have never experienced. While your health may be deteriorating rapidly people won’t understand or they simply won’t care. For those dealing with chronic pain there may be a choice, it may be necessary to cut people from your life …show more content…
Don’t apologize for having a bad day, and when you’re having a good day let people see that you still have limits. You don’t have to explain your pain or justify it. That doesn’t mean you should lash out at people, though, sorry.
While you don’t have to disclose your medical conditions to employers, educators, or anyone else on the planet, you can choose to if you feel it will help them understand some of your actions and behaviors. It’s okay to be honest.
More importantly, you need to listen to your body. You may have to give up some of the things you love temporarily simply because your body cannot keep up. When you do feel up to it you should get up and get out, this is imperative to your mental health.
It’s common for chronic pain sufferers to struggle with depression, so you should know what keeps your spirits flying high. Whether it’s a certain brand of tea, your favorite set of books, or a particular park or movie. Do whatever it takes to keep a smile on your face.
Having said all of that, studies (on the effectiveness of mindfulness meditation on pain and quality of life of patients with chronic low back pain, Banth, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4479890/) have indicated that there is real value in using meditation as an effective means to relieve chronic
The truth is that the average person cannot understand what you are going through, because they haven’t lived it. It can be difficult to empathize with someone that is dealing with something that you have never experienced. While your health may be deteriorating rapidly people won’t understand or they simply won’t care. For those dealing with chronic pain there may be a choice, it may be necessary to cut people from your life …show more content…
Don’t apologize for having a bad day, and when you’re having a good day let people see that you still have limits. You don’t have to explain your pain or justify it. That doesn’t mean you should lash out at people, though, sorry.
While you don’t have to disclose your medical conditions to employers, educators, or anyone else on the planet, you can choose to if you feel it will help them understand some of your actions and behaviors. It’s okay to be honest.
More importantly, you need to listen to your body. You may have to give up some of the things you love temporarily simply because your body cannot keep up. When you do feel up to it you should get up and get out, this is imperative to your mental health.
It’s common for chronic pain sufferers to struggle with depression, so you should know what keeps your spirits flying high. Whether it’s a certain brand of tea, your favorite set of books, or a particular park or movie. Do whatever it takes to keep a smile on your face.
Having said all of that, studies (on the effectiveness of mindfulness meditation on pain and quality of life of patients with chronic low back pain, Banth, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4479890/) have indicated that there is real value in using meditation as an effective means to relieve chronic