Living with chronic pain can very easily knock your confidence and self-esteem. You start to see yourself differently - you're not who you used to be, you're a failure, you feel like you're a burden. All these negative thoughts can whirl around in your head and can often lead to depression, stress, and can even … Continue reading How to be confident with your chronic pain
I've been blogging for over two and a half years now but I thought I'd take you back to the beginning and share why I decided to start blogging about my sitting pain. What is my sitting pain? In all honesty, I don't know. I've never had a proper diagnosis. I've had my pain since … Continue reading Why I decided to start blogging about my sitting pain
Coping with chronic pain everyday is not easy. It's frustrating, mentally draining, hard work, and quite simply, it damn well hurts. It's hard to be positive and upbeat on most days, especially the bad days, and often all you want to do is moan how bad it is and how rubbish your life is. But … Continue reading How using the right words and thoughts can help you cope better with your chronic pain
I've written a few posts on distraction for chronic pain, and why it's a big part of pain management. In this post I want to delve a little bit deeper in to exactly what distraction is and how you can make it a part of your pain management toolbox and use everyday to help you … Continue reading What is distraction for chronic pain and how can you make it a part of your pain management toolbox
Sometimes chronic pain can stop us doing the things we enjoy and love to do. I went through a real bad patch a few years ago when I said no to doing things with my partner and my friends. This affected my happiness, my relationship, and ultimately my mental health. I had no life and … Continue reading Don’t let your chronic pain stop you doing the things you enjoy
If you really, really look, you will find some positives chronic pain. It takes a while, but you will get there. Of course, chronic pain isn't a good thing - it causes our bodies and minds to struggle on a daily basis; it causes anger, frustration, and at times hopelessness and isolation; it causes us to … Continue reading Finding the positives of chronic pain
A huge part of pain management is distraction. It is important to keep busy to try and not let chronic pain take over, and keeping your mind busy means that you are not focussing on your pain. In this blog post I suggest 9 ways to use distraction as a pain relief and why it … Continue reading 9 ways to use distraction as a pain relief
This is my weekly gratitude post where I share 5 things that I am grateful for over the last 7 days. Being grateful and focusing on the positives of our days and week can lead to better wellbeing, happiness, and can really change our outlook on things. It can also help with worry and anxiety. I'm … Continue reading What I’m grateful for this week
This is my weekly gratitude post where I share 5 things that I am grateful for over the last 7 days. Being grateful and focusing on the positives of our days and week can lead to better wellbeing, happiness, and can really change our outlook on things. It can also help with worry and anxiety. Here … Continue reading What I’m grateful for this week
Socialising when you have chronic pain can be a real struggle. Going out for meals, attending weddings, or work events can be hard. Family, friends, and colleagues often don't know the difficulties we face when we put on a brave face and try and join in. Like I mentioned in a previous blog post why … Continue reading Socialising with chronic pain: the struggles I have that people don’t know about