Acceptance - key to living with chronic pain
Posted on April 20, 2010 by Randi Shuster, One of Thousands of Life Coaches on Noomii.
Acceptance is key when living with chronic pain. Have you ever noticed when you have a headache, the more you focus on it the worse it gets?
Acceptance is key when living with chronic pain. Acceptance of self and acceptance of circumstances. Have you ever noticed when you have a headache, the more you focus on it the worse it gets? I have learned that the more I resist my pain, the more difficulty I have dealing with it.
By shifting your focus from your pain, it may not go away but it will become more manageable to deal with. I know this because I speak from personal experience. I have been living with chronic pain for the last 15 years.
Now, when I say acceptance, I don
