A common fear with chronic illness and chronic pain is that we are being left out. Left out of life. Missing everything. Limited in our
Category: acceptance
What am I thankful for
It is Canadian Thanksgiving day. I had it yesterday and it was awesome. But it brings to mind what you are thankful for. Why it
Chronic illness: Resiliency
How do you bounce back from downturns or chaos? Do you bounce back easily? Or do you have difficulty with it? Some minor stresses we
A complaint letter to pain
The Pain Companion, by Sarah Anne Shockey, has a few exercises to explore pain and your relationship to it. (see my review). One of those exercises
Not miserable? You must not have pain
People living with chronic pain often experience depression and negative emotion, magnifying both the severity and ongoing nature of the pain. Although that may come
Pain acceptance
Pain acceptance is the process of giving up the struggle with pain and learning to live life despite pain. PMC study Pain Acceptance Vox article.
What impedes my acceptance
I have attained a certain level of acceptance. Acceptance I will always have pain. Acceptance that I deserve a life with it. Acceptance that life
Am I brave? Am I strong?
The things people say just make me wonder sometimes. And irk me a little bit. Not enough to say anything because I’m a mellow
What obstacles are there to acceptance?
What do you think about acceptance? is what I think about acceptance but I have problems staying in that state of mind. I think of it
What do you think about acceptance?
I know chronic illness acceptance means different things to different people. I want to tell you what it means to me but I am
Gratitude journal: We tend to focus on the negative
For this poster I used an image that is a happy memory for me, to remind myself of happy memories. Because pain and negative memories
