If you want to cope with your chronic pain, you need to learn who your enemy is. You need to learn how and why pain works. If you have chronic pain, I strongly recommend this book.I had serious neck and hand problems for many years (what started out as RSI received a variety of diagnoses, including fibromyalgia, thoracic outlet syndrome, and, the final and lasting diagnosis, cervical hernia, a diagnosis backed up by scans showing the existence of a cervical lump). This interfered with my work and studies to such an extent that I felt useless, disabled, and lost.
At one point I started getting severe foot pain as well, which I thought was related to an earlier broken tailbone, the RSI-illness, neuro-degeneration, or any number of problems - the existence of multiple sclerosis in my family did not help my state of mind. After I visited a neurologist about this problem she told me (in the right way) that I had nothing to worry about - that it was most likely down to the stress I was experiencing in my life (and my life was incredibly complex and terrifying at that point). That set my mind at ease and almost immediately started feeling a little bit better.
But what set this healing trajectory down for me was this book. My neurologist didn't prescribe it - my husband found it for me. But it seemed to describe exactly my situation. It was relieving to know that I wasn't alone in this, that other people have got through this kind of illness without disastrous consequences.
The book itself doesn't heal all your problems, but it gives you a different perspective on them, helps you to look at yourself in a different way. This different perspective was enough for me to get a grasp on my pain, and my life.
At one point I started getting severe foot pain as well, which I thought was related to an earlier broken tailbone, the RSI-illness, neuro-degeneration, or any number of problems - the existence of multiple sclerosis in my family did not help my state of mind. After I visited a neurologist about this problem she told me (in the right way) that I had nothing to worry about - that it was most likely down to the stress I was experiencing in my life (and my life was incredibly complex and terrifying at that point). That set my mind at ease and almost immediately started feeling a little bit better.
But what set this healing trajectory down for me was this book. My neurologist didn't prescribe it - my husband found it for me. But it seemed to describe exactly my situation. It was relieving to know that I wasn't alone in this, that other people have got through this kind of illness without disastrous consequences.
The book itself doesn't heal all your problems, but it gives you a different perspective on them, helps you to look at yourself in a different way. This different perspective was enough for me to get a grasp on my pain, and my life.
