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Barrier Of Fear
Almost every message that I get from the visitors of this website has some reference to fear or anxiety. No surprise, people who are suffering from severe chronic pain are likely to experience fear of pain, or anxiety or depression over the pain triggers, or all the above. Their mental health issue is often seen…
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On Meditation
I am often asked about my meditation method. People who are suffering from CRPS want to know the right way of meditating. After all, I credit meditation with my recovery from CRPS. Each time, I reply that I may disappoint them because there is no right or wrong way to meditate; there are only different…
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The Empath’s Dilemma
“I believe that all medical studies are flawed if they do not consider the emotional factor.” Dr. John Sarno I’ve often felt that I was born in the wrong era. On the one hand, I probably would not have survived childbirth had I lived in a past century, but on the other hand, I wouldn’t…
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Nothing Is Wrong With Your Brain
I have been thinking lately about the ways people flip that switch that starts their recovery from CRPS. A reader reached out to me about a year and a half ago. He is a professional musician, so when his hand was injured in the accident and he developed CRPS as a result, he was devastated.…
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Advice For The Caregivers
I was recently asked what advice I can give to those who take care of their loved ones with CRPS. I asked several people who are suffering from very debilitating cases of CRPS or fibromyalgia and are pursuing a mindbody healing path. This is what they suggested: Let me summarize it. Many CRPS patients often…
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The Trying Trap
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.” Albert Einstein The daily fashion conundrum I faced as a high schooler, was that of desperately trying to look as if I wasn’t trying. This was especially tricky to achieve in an era defined by the ethos of “more is…
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Anger
Our polite society views anger as an unacceptable emotion. One CRPS patient kept reassuring me that he was not an angry person – until he started sharing stories about getting angry, without even realizing that he was, in fact, very angry! I could sense his anger as he described his experiences, but he was unaware…
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Solitude to Certitude
Figure in the fog. Darkness and shadows surround. Thoughts of solitude. I wrote this haiku at the age of 12, during my crucible of the atavistically brutal hellscape, most commonly known as middle school. In 1980, bullying as a term, was not in the societal parlance, nor did it occur to me to seek…
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Humor Is A Painkiller!
“I have seen what a laugh can do. It can transform almost unbearable tears into something bearable, even hopeful.” – Bob Hope Well, CRPS, like every chronic pain, is not a laughing matter. When relentless pain drains all of your reserves of strength and patience, it is very hard to joke around. However, I suggest…
One response to “Barrier Of Fear”
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I have no fear…just anger. Angry at myself, at CRPS, at doctors who didn’t diagnose me correctly.
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