How You Become Comfortable With Discomfort
In a world of band-aid seekers, hang out with the hurt so you can actually heal.
The moment we feel pain or something is “off” we reach for a cure. Maybe it is a band-aid to cover the wound, a pill to ease the edge, or a bottle of alcohol or food to numb it. Our child or pet is crying and we immediately throw something at it as a distraction.
It’s become a natural reaction to quickly ease anything that feels out of the ‘normal numb’ we’ve become accustomed to live and strive for.
This isn’t only related to physical pain. When we feel emotional discomfort such as vulnerability, shame or guilt, we look for metaphorical medicine. We ignore the deeper causes of the emotional responses and instead opt to dive into distractions such as excessive exercise, overeating or drinking, or even bouncing from relationship to relationship. Avoidance of pain and discomfort has become a way of life.
“The cure for pain is in the pain.” Rumi
We think if we can spend our time bouncing from pleasure to pleasure. We lie to ourselves and believe these little pleasures are the same as happiness. We forget that pleasure is brought to us by external factors. We do something we love, we receive a compliment or…
