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Both Chronic pain and PTSD entered my life with me being clueless about their power, intensity and mechanism.
It took me 6 months with each to understand the challenge and form a plan to cope.
One of the first patterns I witnessed was how PTSD and chronic pain fluctuated during the day and night.
So my pain or PTSD did not have a constant intensity or duration.
PTSD rotated from calm to extremely triggered in seconds. Some times were calm and easier, others pure terror.
Chronic pain has an ebb and flow, intense times along with easier times.
My relationship with chronic pain was different than the other 14 in our chronic pain group. I took action, lost the fear of my pain and improved.
They lived a sedentary life filled with 30 pills a day, they suffered.
I hiked uphill causing my pain to spike, then the music was cranked, my goal was to never let pain stop my legs from moving.
Hiking another 15 minutes with my pain as a companion, in a month my chronic pain started to compress. I did not fear my pain after that month.
PTSD was a roller coaster ride of terror, followed by mental anguish and then worry about future anxiety.
The only breaks happened during times getting lost in a chore, nature or a hobby.
I found meditation provided the focus and platform to observe my fears without being part of them.
It takes time, courage and willpower.
My recent eruption of a buried trauma has challenged my skills.
I forgot how intense a serious trauma can be.
Taking action, even the slightest action moves us out of victimhood.
Better to resist, to take action.
Being sedentary powers chronic pain and PTSD.
Thoughts proliferate in a sedentary environment of Pain or Trauma.
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