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What's a good answer to How are you? when you're in bad pain?
Chronic Pain | Last Active: Apr 7, 2023 | Replies (64)Comment receiving replies
It does matter who’s asking the question. Our self image and the image we allow others to see is often different, sometimes quite different. Honesty is the path of least resistance but with chronic pain it can be telling.
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So true, Ted. I work on treating myself with kindness and grace. Through cognitive behavioral therapy I learned that I needed to talk to myself like I talk to others with encouragement, support and care. Taking my own advice through positive self-talk has helped a lot. I try to think about how would I talk to my kids in this moment. And that's how I should treat myself. It's a work in progress somedays more than others but that's ok.
How do you talk to yourself?