BATTLE WITH PAIN

I am writing it today because I think not only in my practise but all medical practises, we come across various patients who are stressed and they are told your pain is only in head and there's nothing wrong with you... stress leads to pain and pain leas to stress there seems no end to your vicious cycle of pain.
The more people you meet more advices you have professional and otherwise. Definitely some of them are useful and other frustrating.
This article reflects at what a person feels who has been struggling for days , months and years with pain, so I am trying to peep out of the window from the side of somebody who is suffering with pain and not as a physical therapist


"I think if you sit around thinking about your pain too much. Just get out of that house more and it may just heal itself." "If you really wanted to get well, you'd get serious about taking that juice I recommended. I don't understand why you won't at least try it."
Advices advices and here comes something more:-

MANAGING THE PAIN

[1] Release people from the expectations you have of them. This will likely be a life-long process, but without taking this step, you will consistently find that people will always disappoint you.Your illness is significant in your life. And even though people do care, they still will have significant things going on in their own lives. Don't expect them to always be at your call.

[2] Find supportive friends. Is there someone in your circle of friendships who is constantly belittling you or suspicious about your illness? Is he is beyond listening and instead spreading gossip about how he saw you last week and you looked perfectly fine? This should be a relationship to let go of or, if it's a relative, distance your self as much as possible. Illness can help us easily prioritize our friendships and that way we can spend our limited energies with those that mean the most to us.

[3] Find joy in your blessings. Rather than thinking about how badly you feel, find ways to bring more joy into your life. Appreciate the little things.

[4] Use your talents and skills for things you have a personal interest in. Don't allow yourself to feel like the skills you learned in a workplace are no longer valuable. Rather than focusing on what others aren't doing to comfort you, follow your dreams and give that gift to yourself. May be you always wanted to paint or sing ,this what my patient Sujata did , followed her dream , fought her battle of pain and is now an artist from being a computer engineer.

[5] Be a role model for someone else with an illness. You know how hard it is to live with pain and to feel like that no one understands what you are experiencing, so take time to be with someone else who is going through this. Make someones and your own journey easy.

You owe it to yourself to find joy despite your pain , and by focusing on how you can change your circumstances, instead of change other people, you'll be much more personally rewarded. And at the conclusion i would use the words of my friend and patient Azra give the best to yourself as you are worth it.