Disability affects relationships; sometimes it brings you closer to your friends, while other times, people don't understand, and it drives you apart. As a disabled person, I don't have many friends because I have always struggled to find friends who see me as a person, not my disability. I haven't had the best luck with … Continue reading How To Be A Good Friend To Someone With Chronic Pain
Healthy people pray that their routine scans are going to be normal, but when you are in pain, normal scans can feel devastating. Doctors don't investigate normal imaging, and you remain in pain, but even though your doctor can see nothing wrong, that doesn't mean your pain is not real. I talk a lot about … Continue reading Thoughts You Have When You Live With Chronic Pain
When you live with chronic pain, it can often feel isolating because chronic pain is often invisible, and sometimes you don't feel supported. People without chronic pain often do not understand how it affects everything you do, because when you live with pain, you get good at faking being well and don't look like you … Continue reading How To Support Someone With Chronic Pain
Merry Christmas! Holidays are stressful for everyone because there is so much that needs to get done for Christmas Day, and only so much time to get it all done. It can be even more stressful for people with chronic pain because you have to do the same things to prepare for the holidays that … Continue reading Why The Holidays Are More Difficult For People With Chronic Pain
When you have endometriosis, sometimes it is painless, and you don't know you have it until you try to get pregnant and are unable to, but unfortunately, severe, debilitating pain that significantly affects your quality of life is a common struggle for many people with endometriosis because it's not just a bad period. I live … Continue reading How I Accommodate My Life For Increased Pain
If you don't already know, September is Pain Awareness Month. When you live with chronic pain, sometimes it can be difficult to take care of yourself because pain often prevents you from being able to take care of your basic self-care needs. I have lived with chronic pain for several years, and it has affected … Continue reading Self-care Tips For People In Pain
When I started my blog, I always knew that I was going to write about my disability because I live with a disability and know a lot about that, but I didn't think that I would be writing about chronic pain. Chronic pain is not something that I have always experienced, and not everyone with … Continue reading Why I Write About Pain
September is Pain Awareness Month. Living with chronic pain is hard because you don't have as much energy to do basic tasks as someone without pain does, and it affects everything you do. People without chronic pain often do not truly understand the impact pain has on your life and sometimes think we can cure … Continue reading What I Wish People Understood About Chronic Pain
Exercise is an important pain management tool because when it is done correctly and safely, you can sometimes lower your pain levels. Doctors often recommend that people in pain exercise, and the only time they may not encourage it is if you have a medical condition that can be worsened with physical activity. Most people … Continue reading Things I Avoid Doing When Exercising With Pain
When you have chronic pain sometimes it affects your sleep and sometimes you struggle with what chronic pain sufferers refer to as painsomnia. What is painsomnia? Painsomnia is not technically a word in the dictionary, and it’s what people with chronic pain describe as being in so much pain that you cannot sleep. Sleep deprivation … Continue reading What I Do When I Have Painsomnia
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