Posted by lucie lu on October 24, 2008, at 14:38:38
In reply to Pain is part of life, but suffering is a choice???, posted by Kath on October 22, 2008, at 19:40:16
This thread is very interesting to me right now as I'm having a particularly bad flare-up of fibromyalgia. FM pain is not the useful "ouch that stove is hot" but "#%&$#@#!" from the pain receptors in the brain. Or maybe they're not "#%&$#@#!" but just get excited over nothing, like my dog. There are meds and non-med treatments and lifestyle changes that can help but none of these is enough by itself.
I think that in the long run it could help a lot for chronic or remitting conditions like FM to redefine one's relationship to pain. I'm trying to do that, so this thread is very relevant and potentially very helpful (at least to the part of my brain that is not jumping up and down and barking). My thanks to Kath for starting it and to everyone for your thoughtful posts.
Lucie
poster:lucie lu
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URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/psycho/20081018/msgs/859120.html