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“when it comes to pain complaints, many people find that their friends and even their physicians doubt them. It’s all in their head, people conclude. They’re exaggerating. They’re seeking attention. They’re seeking drugs. Maybe it’s depression. Can’t they just get over it?”
― The Painful Truth: What Chronic Pain Is Really Like and Why It Matters to Each of Us
― The Painful Truth: What Chronic Pain Is Really Like and Why It Matters to Each of Us
“For believers, praying, meditating, reading holy scriptures, and the like can have a calming, soothing effect that reduces the sensation of pain. These practices take people’s attention off their symptoms of pain and set it on a higher plane, reminding them of God’s power and love and reinforcing their hope. The prospect of heaven gives them a better life to look forward to, one without pain. All this helps to provide a sense of peace that pours healing oil on the internal agitation caused by their pain.”
― The Painful Truth: What Chronic Pain Is Really Like and Why It Matters to Each of Us
― The Painful Truth: What Chronic Pain Is Really Like and Why It Matters to Each of Us
“As usual, pain does its work on the inside, invisibly. In doing her best to have as normal a life as possible, Carolyn cultivates an appearance that belies her true experience.”
― The Painful Truth: What Chronic Pain Is Really Like and Why It Matters to Each of Us
― The Painful Truth: What Chronic Pain Is Really Like and Why It Matters to Each of Us
“You may not be able to control events that happen, but you can decide not to be reduced by them. —Maya Angelou”
― The Painful Truth: What Chronic Pain Is Really Like and Why It Matters to Each of Us
― The Painful Truth: What Chronic Pain Is Really Like and Why It Matters to Each of Us
“He was saying that his severe pain had attuned him to other people with severe pain, not just physical pain but also mental, emotional, and spiritual suffering. When he came across someone who was deeply hurting, he would notice the signs of pain in that person’s words and tones, gestures and body language, the subtle giveaways that others who are made near-sighted by their own good health might overlook. It gave him empathy for others, rights of membership in the fraternity of suffering. It fueled his drive to do works of compassion.”
― The Painful Truth: What Chronic Pain Is Really Like and Why It Matters to Each of Us
― The Painful Truth: What Chronic Pain Is Really Like and Why It Matters to Each of Us
“Believing in something or Someone bigger than yourself invites healing into your life. I”
― The Painful Truth: What Chronic Pain Is Really Like and Why It Matters to Each of Us
― The Painful Truth: What Chronic Pain Is Really Like and Why It Matters to Each of Us
“chronic pain sufferers must proceed through stages of processing the losses that the pain extracts from them.”
― The Painful Truth: What Chronic Pain Is Really Like and Why It Matters to Each of Us
― The Painful Truth: What Chronic Pain Is Really Like and Why It Matters to Each of Us
“Pain influences, and is influenced by, everything else going on in a person’s life.”
― The Painful Truth: What Chronic Pain Is Really Like and Why It Matters to Each of Us
― The Painful Truth: What Chronic Pain Is Really Like and Why It Matters to Each of Us
“important to minimizing most types of pain, but in particular back pain. Therefore,”
― The Painful Truth: What Chronic Pain Is Really Like and Why It Matters to Each of Us
― The Painful Truth: What Chronic Pain Is Really Like and Why It Matters to Each of Us
“The beautiful thing is that, when someone who has chronic pain reaches the point of acceptance, it doesn’t merely bring a new sense of peace. Acceptance also creates a floor to build upon. It marks the beginning of an uphill climb, not to the old life, but to a new one that may be just as satisfying. Hal”
― The Painful Truth: What Chronic Pain Is Really Like and Why It Matters to Each of Us
― The Painful Truth: What Chronic Pain Is Really Like and Why It Matters to Each of Us
“disease of pain affects the mind, changing pathways in the brain and altering moods. The mind, in turn, can affect pain, with experts in the field of neuroplasticity revealing ways that some people can use their thoughts to control their pain. But the experience of pain goes even further than that. It also has a lesser or greater impact on all of a person’s relationships, influencing social interactions with spouse, parents, children, coworkers, and others. And finally pain, for many, is a spiritual experience, with religious beliefs and practices impacting their pain and their pain causing their faith to evolve.”
― The Painful Truth: What Chronic Pain Is Really Like and Why It Matters to Each of Us
― The Painful Truth: What Chronic Pain Is Really Like and Why It Matters to Each of Us
“As usual, pain does its work on the inside, invisibly. In doing her best to have as normal a life as possible, Carolyn cultivates an appearance that belies her true experience.1”
― The Painful Truth: What Chronic Pain Is Really Like and Why It Matters to Each of Us
― The Painful Truth: What Chronic Pain Is Really Like and Why It Matters to Each of Us
“people in pain often find themselves turning to God. There’s something about the seeming helplessness of being in pain that makes many people look for a source of strength on high.”
― The Painful Truth: What Chronic Pain Is Really Like and Why It Matters to Each of Us
― The Painful Truth: What Chronic Pain Is Really Like and Why It Matters to Each of Us
“Pain, in short, is a bio-psycho-social-spiritual condition. It affects the whole person.”
― The Painful Truth: What Chronic Pain Is Really Like and Why It Matters to Each of Us
― The Painful Truth: What Chronic Pain Is Really Like and Why It Matters to Each of Us
