Treating Chronic Pain & Illness
If your days are filled with pain, you know how exhausting it can be.
Pain could be preventing you from having a restful night’s sleep. You might feel more irritable or sad.
When you suffer with pain day after day, your fight-or-flight system may be overly active, which can make you feel like you need to escape your body in order to find relief or get away from the pain.
Chronic pain isn’t the same for everyone.
You might have burning or stabbing pains, muscle tension or cramping, or maybe you feel like your whole body aches or feels tight and stiff all the time.
It might surprise you to learn that counseling can help those who suffer from daily or chronic pain.
When you become exhausted from pain, you are more likely to experience problems with your relationships, your mood, or even have issues with your employment or schooling. Pain can leave you in a constant state of feeling stress and overwhelmed, which can actually make the pain worse. Daily pain can feel like torture.
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Pain can feel lonely and all-consuming.
You might try to avoid talking about your pain for fear of becoming a burden to others, or maybe you talk about your pain often in an attempt to find support and relief.
You might worry that if your doctor has encouraged you to seek counseling, they don’t believe your pain is real. You might wonder how counseling can help you with your pain when everything you have tried has not worked. You might be worried that others think your pain is “all in your head.”
You might be surprised to learn that counseling can help you decrease your pain. I can teach you skills to help you find relief from your suffering. I can help you recover from the sadness and worry that are consuming your life. Your pain does not have to be “in your head” or from a mental health disorder for counseling to be effective.
Pain can lead to health problems.
Pain can lead to other problems such as high blood pressure, heart disease, weight gain, and diabetes due to high levels of stress caused by the pain. Learning to manage your pain and cope with the stress, sadness, and worries that come with chronic pain can help reduce these additional risks to your health.
I can help you learn and understand your limits so that you don’t push yourself too hard, which can make the pain worse. I can help you create a plan to remain as active and independent as possible so that you can continue to do things that you enjoy
I can help you learn to relax your mind and body, which has been proven to help reduce inflammation, stress, and pain. I can help you recover from sadness and anxiety from the changes that have occurred in your life from the chronic pain you experience.
Stress is an unavoidable part of life, but managing your stress will help your body and your mind and lessen your pain.
There are some things you can do right now to help with the pain.
Make time to do something you enjoy every day. You and your life are more than the pain you experience. It is important to do things for yourself for the simple pleasure of it.
Know when to ask for help.
Try and stay active or exercise every day. A little stretching or a short walk can go a long way. Make time to talk with friends and loved ones. Pain can feel lonely, but you don’t have to be.
Lastly, be sure to follow any and all recommendations provided to you by your health care professional.
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