Tag: migraine
-
How To Release Painful Memories
Tips from a chronic pain recovery therapist Do you struggle with rumination (incessant thoughts that never seem to bring resolution) about painful memories? Especially the ones you’re afraid to talk about — or the ones that have been minimized by others when you did tell someone? It’s very common to fixate on traumatic memories. Especially […]
-
How To Handle Difficult Emotions
Tips from a chronic pain recovery therapist We all experience difficult feelings from time to time. It’s a part of life that can’t be avoided, no matter how hard we might try to. But how we deal with our emotions can have a significant impact on our physical wellbeing. In fact, the way we interact […]
-
Chronic pain recovery is intrinsically messy. But there’s a logic to the mess.
Pain is a danger signal that’s triggered by fear. And when we’re in the beginning stages of healing from chronic pain, there are lots of things that can feel scary! Things like… When we start our healing path, we’re going into the unknown. That in itself can be scary. And when we experience fear, […]
-
In Order to Heal, You May Need to Change the Goalposts
Tips from a chronic pain recovery therapist You know that annoying phrase, “if you want somebody to love you, you have to love yourself first?” That saying used to make me roll my eyes in frustration. How the heck was loving myself supposed to influence the way others felt about me? And wouldn’t it be […]
-
What To Do if Your Safety Mantra Isn’t Working
Tips from a chronic pain recovery therapist Chronic pain is a danger signal created in the brain when your nervous system feels unsafe. So, in order to get the pain signal turned down, we need to help our nervous system feel safe again. For some people in some situations, simply saying the mantra “I am safe” can be enough […]
-
4 Steps to Releasing Emotions Through Writing
Tips from a chronic pain recovery therapist. Expressive writing can be one of the most powerful tools for releasing chronic pain and anxiety. It certainly has been for me. But sometimes, you may find that when you journal your emotions, they just get stirred up into a spiral that amplifies pain and anxiety levels instead […]
-
Why I Don’t Believe in Healing Faster
Tips from a chronic pain recovery therapist. We all want a quick fix for our suffering, and there is absolutely no reason to be ashamed of that desire. How could we not want that? Our yearning to delete our suffering — whether it be in the form of chronic pain or otherwise — is also […]
-
Should You Rest or Keep Going When You Have Chronic Pain?
Tips from a chronic pain recovery therapist… This is a question that I often get from clients: “If I let myself rest when I’m in pain, isn’t that avoidance? Should I rest or just keep going?” The answer is… it really depends. Pain is a danger signal that your nervous system sends when it feels […]
-
What’s Your Mind-Body Relationship Status?
If the answer is “complicated,” read on… Mind-body therapy is a lot like relationship therapy for your body and mind. Yes, your mind and your body do have a relationship with each other! And the issues that can come up between them are a lot like the issues that come up between family members, partners, […]
-
What IS the connection between stress and symptoms?
It’s no secret that symptoms like chronic pain and anxiety are related to stress. Even the mainstream medical field has embraced this basic truth and you may have had doctors advise you to “reduce stress.” But what actually IS the relationship between stress and symptoms? How does one lead to the other — and what can we do […]
From Chronic Pain to Passion 