Chronic Pain Was My New Normal. Then I Healed
But first, I had to believe it was possible to heal.
“If you can’t get beyond your stresses, your problems, and your pain, you can’t create a new future where those things don’t exist.” — Joe Dispenza
In the dark days when my arthritis and chronic pain were at their worst, I used to be massively triggered by anyone who bade me farewell with the simple platitude, “Hope you feel better soon.”
They didn’t mean any harm by it, my friends and family were simply trying to help, but it set me off. I would thank them politely, then quickly extradite myself from the social situation to cry alone.
Why did this simple phrase set my teeth on edge? Easy — I believed it was impossible to “feel better” ever again, let alone soon. I steadfastly believed this state of constant pain was my new normal, and I was going to have to learn how to live with it.
I didn’t like it, but that’s just the way it was — or so I thought.
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