For some people, pain is only a momentary experience, one that is felt few and far between an otherwise painless life for years and years. For other people, some level of pain, no matter how low or high, is a constant part of life. Chronic pain can seriously affect the physical and mental health of […]
Understanding Why Chronic Pain Keeps Costing Your Best Friendships
Chronic pain is crippling and, often, it costs more than just well-being. Those who know, well we know. Those who don’t, well, it’s hard to explain and live with for those that are afflicted, but it’s extra hard to wrap your head around if you have no idea what it’s actually like. Many sufferers also […]
Coping With Chronic Pain
Chronic pain can make your days very difficult. If you’re in pain, it can limit your life and cause a lot of emotional distress too. You look fine. You want to feel fine. You want to do all the things. But you’ll pay a price and you start weighing every thing you do or want […]
Traveling With Chronic Pain
Disclosure: This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. All opinions are mine alone. #StopPainNow #CollectiveBias I’ve had issues with my back and neck for the past several years. It runs in the family so I lucked out there evidently. I know a lot of people suffer with chronic pain issues and it can […]
My Diagnosis: Well it Sucks…
So a few weeks ago I shared with you all a glimpse into some of the battles I’ve been fighting lately with chronic pain and how they’ve gotten worse over the past few years to the point where I just couldn’t handle it myself anymore and finally sought out medical help. Since then a few […]
The Day I Almost Gave Up – Living With Chronic Pain
I pride myself in being strong, and toughing things out and not whining and really just dealing with life with an optimistic attitude and not letting things get me down. That’s why yesterday…yesterday was a tough day for me. It was the day that I finally admitted defeat, I broke and I cried…I actually cried […]