When you live with chronic pain, it is hard because most people never truly have no pain and are expected to do things at the same capacity as someone without pain. I never have days where my pain is zero and I don't even remember what it feels like to not wake up in pain … Continue reading What I Do On Good Pain Days
Chronic pain takes so much from you, and most people with chronic pain are in pain constantly, but you are not stuck in bed with severe pain every single day. Most people with chronic pain are never pain-free, but you have good days and bad pain days. On good days, you are able to do … Continue reading What I Do On A Bad Pain Day
Disabled and chronically ill people often spend more time in bed than someone who is not disabled, because sometimes we need a lot of surgeries to manage our health or live with chronic pain, and are in a flare. Non-disabled people sometimes wish they could watch TV all day, and think people who are able … Continue reading What To Do When You Are Stuck In Bed
Chronic pain changes your life and impacts everything you do because people with pain have to think before doing the simplest task in order to prevent the pain from getting worse. Some people with Spina Bifida have chronic pain, but in my experience, most people who I have met with my disability do not live … Continue reading Five Things I Took For Granted Before Pain
When you are diagnosed with a chronic illness such as endometriosis it can be a tough diagnosis to accept because a lot of the time people don't understand the complexities of the disease and think it's just a bad period. Endometriosis is a chronic full-body disease that affects many women which occurs when the tissue … Continue reading Invisible Challenges Of Endometriosis That You Don’t See
Migraine disease can be a very difficult disease to manage and depending on the frequency of your attacks, sometimes you can spend quite a bit of time managing pain because medication can only do so much. Christmas is next week, which means a lot of people are getting their last minute shopping done if you … Continue reading What To Get A Migraineur For Christmas
Sleep is important for everyone because when you don't sleep enough, it increases your risk of illnesses such as heart disease, and you aren't as productive because our bodies need sleep to function optimally. When you sleep enough, it can improve and prevent pain levels from getting to a point where it is unbearable, but … Continue reading How To Sleep Better When You Live With Pain
If you weren't already aware, September is Chronic Pain Awareness Month! Chronic pain is frustrating to live with because the constant pain significantly affects your quality of life and people often don't believe pain that they cannot see. You have to constantly advocate for yourself to educate others because when it comes to pain, there … Continue reading Lessons I Have Learned From Living With Pain
Chronic pain affects everything you do because when you live with pain you don't have as much energy to complete basic tasks. People with chronic pain have days when we are not in as much pain, but most people are in pain constantly and you can't wait until your pain is a zero to start … Continue reading Things You Didn’t Know I Did Because Of Pain
Listen To This Post https://open.spotify.com/episode/4LctZc9DfxQVILXQPZbUJx?si=IL4pCNfYSz6a4-hFsmbLbQ Chronic pain is frustrating to live with because most painful conditions have no cure, and there is no end to the pain, and all you can do is try your best to manage symptoms. All disabilities have myths because there is a lot of stigma with all disabilities, but when … Continue reading Chronic Pain Myths You Need To Stop Believing
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