How to Stay Positive With Chronic Pain and Disease

[@Jade-bf5we]

I suffer with chronic fatigue syndrome, 5 years now. Thank you for doing this video Jessica. We must always have hope and gratitude.

[@phyllissweetpea4926]

Thank you. A very positive message. I am fighting cancer. I am saving this to listen to when I feel down. I will be watching multiple times.

[@meenakshi6344]

I hope you get better soon.

[@heatheralice89]

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@Sunshine-Lyon]

You got this! Eat clean and overdose on fruits and vegetables!

[@joanieveitch8113]

Hi. I hope you're feeling better now. I'm living with cancer too and found this video really helpful ❤

[@kc6401]

🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@DivineDragonfly]

Thank you for your message! Mindset is soo powerful! I have had chronic pain since I was 10 years old. Now I’m at 0-3 pain levels vs 7-8 out of 10 sometimes 15. Only took 37 years to be where I am at today! Mindset, acceptance and unconditional love for yourself has been helpful for me. Big hugs 🤗

[@Maleakalani1]

This made me cry so bad. I'm only 29 and I feel no doctor takes me serious.. i have massive lower back pain for 4 weeks now. THANK YOU

[@cadencehogge8528]

Thank you for filming this. Very few people understand the pain and difficulty of intense chronic illness. Please make more content like this, I am a mom of two as well and turn to Pilates everyday to make my chronically ill body feel better and to cope with stress.

[@richwilson5969]

Thank you for this. I’m 56. Have had chronic pain and arthritis since I was 33. That’s a long time and I’m my prime years. It sucks. However I’m glad I found your video. I have faith in God too.

[@richciervo266]

Jessica I’m a 75 yr old runners and was having a problem with arthritic knee pain between your exercises for at least 6 months along with my Chiropractor taping my knees and adjustments I’m back at running fairly well (Turkey Trot 5k 28:20). I’m sure you passing on healing to others certainly keeps you positively positive! Thank you!

[@nadinerogers5653]

I so appreciate this! I also have multiple medical issues that limit me and I decided that for every limitation I can expand myself in some other way. The mind and spirit have no limit at all, no matter what the body is doing. I also have two miracle kids- one born when was 41 and one just weeks shy if 44! They are my touchstones, too.

[@olastanisawiak6505]

This is one of the most powerful video I saw on youtube ever - thank you! I agree with so many things you said here. I developed prolapse and incontinence just after giving birth to my daughter, not even knowing such things exists for young people as me. There was around 6 darkest months in my life, when the list of things I couldn't do was growing faster and faster. However, as you said, I finally found a courage to advocate for myself, check what I actually can do, exercise etc. Also, I figured that I'm actually grateful that incontinence and prolapse are relatively small, realizing hat so many people are in much worse condition. Now after 1.5 years I'm in much better place, with much better attitude!

[@petticoatjunction3628]

Thank you. I’m on foreign travel and holed up alone in the hotel with chronic pain. I find you to be a calming force. Keep doing what you’re doing.

[@merlinmenezes3053]

Eternal joy we have here in Jesus Christ is the greatest way to be positive, hopeful at all times. Thank you sis for your love and concern for all in need.❤

[@heidibock4867]

I can’t tell you how much this meant to me. Just been diagnosed with an autoimmune disease (EoE) and have been feeling rather ungrateful and discouraged. But your video has given me renewed purpose and hope. Thank you. 💙

[@yanicasacksteder7366]

Your pilates videos have given me a source for gentle yet strengthening exercise to do while living with chronic pain... so thank you for sharing your experience to help others.

[@melissad0428]

Thank you so much for this encouraging message. I’ve been dealing with chronic neck pain for about two years now and it is hard and isolating and has changed me and my attitude. I love this advice for focusing on the positive things in our lives. A change of mindset can really help. Thanks again for your supportive words! ❤

[@ariellean1644]

I just diagnosed with a serious health disease couple days ago. Still not 100% proven but put me and my family in a very stressful situation. Couldn't thank U enough for telling us your brave journey

[@user-je1sf6pc6q]

That last one brought tears to my eyes. I too was told I’d never carry my own biological child. I ended up carrying and birthing 2 daughters despite the odds…. Still live with chronic daily persistent pain but needed to see this today as a reminder to be grateful for what my body was and is capable of. ❤

[@JoJo-xo6fh]

1 It Is aChoice. My Choice!! How will I Respond!? How will I React!? Build Emotional Invincibility!!❤️ 2 Advocate for yourself!! Choices to Explore Solutions!! 3 Can DO attitude!! What CAN I do!!?? Not Can’t!! Focus on that!!!! 4 I focus on something I’m GRATEFUL for!! Example!! I can eat a whole pizza 😅 God is with me!! This too shall pass!! I can help others who struggle!! 🙏❤️

[@erikahuertas8290]

The 3rd one got me. Thank you for this message and inspiring for all of us. Thank you for sharing your experience and how to keep going. ❤

[@debbiekoortzen1154]

I just found your channel, and I am so happy I did. You are truly inspiring and this video was so encouraging. I am so grateful to you, thank you. ⚘

[@lynseytaylor-ip7zh]

Very inspiring 🙌 love to listen to this to get me through my chronic pain and dark times …..

[@IanJones-ht3kk]

I'm dealing with cancer and the after-effects of chemotherapy, and I found this video so encouraging and motivating. Thank you so much for this, I'll be coming back to watch this video again many times in the future whenever things seem a bit bleak.

[@heatheralice89]

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@AC_2.4-10]

So very encouraging and inspiring! God bless you Jessica!! ❤🙏🏻🙌🏼

[@kathleenpace810]

Thank you for sharing this with us. Six months ago I had spinal fusion surgery and felt a little bit like you did afterwards. I was in for the first 6 weeks but when I had the first check up and she told me all the things I still couldn't do (and honestly, she was right), I went into that very dark place. But after 2 days I decided what you did - to focus on the things I COULD do. So I started walking more, stretching more, and doing what exercise was okay to do. And I think that has helped me heal because at my 3 month my Doctor said I was healing very well! Your words came at a time when I really needed them!

[@rosekoop3430]

Dear Jessica, I have been doing your Pilates videos for many years now. I love your classic and straightforward way of running your class.Thank you! I just wanted to add one food for thought thing. I don't know what your faith journey is, but many years ago God changed my life through Jesus Christ and his sacrifice on the cross. When I focus on God and his faithfulness I am more able to deal with whatever life throws at me. Jesus said in this life you will have trouble but take heart because I have overcome the world. That is speaking about life after death, which is the most important life. Praying that God, through Jesus christ, would reveal himself to you.

[@annelyddall9708]

Thank you, thank you for understanding. I am in tears after viewing this video. Chronic pain has brought me to a very low ebb but I will try very hard to follow your steps and become more positive.

[@EWAMILENAP]

You are the light, the good, the beauty, Jessica! Always, love yourself first!

[@jeancraig7765]

Jessica, you are a wealth of information !! Thank you for taking time to make this,❤

[@donnaschulz1060]

Thank you so much for this video! I've lived with chronic illness all my life but have recently been experiencing some unfamiliar new symptoms. As I await test results, I struggle to know how to live with whatever new reality lies ahead. Your words have helped me more than I can say.

[@tazclnsts7093]

Thank you for being so real. My issues are Hashimito's, major depressive disorder, venous insufficiency, and arthritis at 53 years old. But I'm actually a very upbeat and positive person. (SSRI's help me). One thing that I remember is my body and spirit are not the same thing. My body is not under my full control, but my spirit is. I have a career that is fulfilling and I'm always trying to new ways to exercise this body of mine 🙄. Your videos are so comforting and challenging at the same time 🙂❣️

[@blissss0]

Beautiful message. Thank you for bringing so much inspiration and joy to others!

[@mandysmith7812]

Thank you for this. I’m taking control of my health and ignoring all the negativity surrounding my medical problems. I found your weigh workout for Osteoporosis and it’s helped me so much ❤

[@jeanieallison4899]

Thank you for your words of encouragement- it was just what I needed to hear today. I appreciate you sharing your struggles with us- I am sure that is not easy. I love your videos .

[@hellojello8376]

Thank You for this message ❤🎉

[@hayleyparker6796]

thank you for your positive approach- trying to get there and some days are better than others. I too had POP and a bladder to be lifted. I had a hysterectomy as well bc my uterus was a bit dropped and why go back later and have surgery for that? Have it all done at once....Not sure where the mistake happened but 1.5 years after surgery I'm worse than beforehand, and yes I was a marathon runner/triathlete and all of that gave me my drive/excitement for life. Navigating this "new me" is tough and I'm working on treatments not involving surgery. I am postmenopausal and that alone prevents the best healing. UGH! Struggling to find answers. Thank you!

[@tabithabell9568]

This was so encouraging! Thank you! I struggle with chronic pain due to scoliosis and some other issues I don't have a diagnosis for. I loved what you said about focusing on what your body can do, instead of what it can't do. I can't do many things, like run, jump, any high impact movements, etc. But, there's a lot I can do, like go for walks, practice gentle yoga, and recently, I discovered I can safely lift weights without causing too much discomfort. I might just have to make that list of can-do's for those difficult days. 🥲❤

[@kelseyj4018]

Thank you for sharing your experience! It’s easy to spiral, I love the validation and tips to try ❤

[@jeanlee28]

Jessica, you truly are such a wonderful life savior for so many of us in pain out there who could hardly stay hopeful even with the help of M.D.s or medications. Actually, I have been terribly frustrated and saddened since I had a foot surgery for the repair of the 5th metatarsal bone fracture. Although mine is not a chronic case of disease, this accident and surgery have put me in the darkest shadow with no moving and radiant pain from foot to my ankle to my knee to my pelvic area, and even to my rotator cuff due to the destroyed balance of my body. As you pointed out, I have been trying to focus on what I can do to improve joint pain and slow the atrophy of right calf muscles. (Many of your videos for stretching and strengthening have helped me to find a way to feel and get better while my right foot is healing.) I am on my 6th week since this surgery and graduated from using crutches and knee scooter. Still feel achy and tired if I walk around the house more than I need to. 😓😖 I will be hanging in there, keeping your golden words in mind. Again, thanks so much for always being the true, shiny guiding light, Jessica. 🙏🙏🙏

[@demi8262]

thank you for this. ive been going to doctors and doctors and have had no solution to my illness for 3 months. its not easy but i have to stay positive!!

[@shelleybell8729]

Thank you. I've had chronic pain for 15 years. It's hard.

[@mhairi3726]

Ditto! I have found a way through some tough struggles by practising gratitude and by finding & and focusing on the positives. Atm I'm just thankful for being alive and my hearing & sight which allow me to listen & watch videos like this one! 😀 Good to know we're on the same wavelength btw, much love and many blessings 💐💕🙏

[@ExileOnMyStreet]

Thank you for your inspiration.

[@homeworkouthealthhub3158]

You are an inspiration! Thank you for all the positivity. I also suffered with endometriosis and worked through it. Keep spreading joy!

[@rebeccanewcombe-harmon2626]

Thank you so much. You are so right. I feel the same way as you. Thank you for sharing ❤

[@jane1044]

You are always a welcome inspiration. Thanks!

[@SimiSilver]

Soooo grateful for YOU ❤

[@bobbielouis7788]

Thank you!!! I needed this

[@cheribenson1597]

Thank you. I needed to hear this right now. 💜

[@ajwaines695]

Thank you, Jessica - very powerful message from the heart. Bless you!

[@dorothyheisey2150]

What a beautiful message - thank you so much for teaching us all.

[@lornalutzke3455]

Thankyou so much, I really needed this today 💗

[@marieduff8594]

Thank you Jessica for sharing. Truly inspirational. Keep well 💕

[@kingyousaf6517]

Thank you for sharing your story yes it's true when you are perfect before everything going good and suddenly something goes wrong slowly with you and when doctors tell you, you got ghis diseases for rest of your life you think all my life first thing you think how am I going to live with this . It gives you so much stress as time passes your body starts to give up and more health problems coming more stress body pains and more stress your fighting with pains . You got family to look after you got busy life in this busy life you forget to take care of yourself. This video was an eye opening. Hopefully I can change myself .

[@gra25077]

Thank you....needed to hear this xxx

[@nicolawalnut]

You're so right, thank you :)

[@morningdevotionswithnickpe436]

This are great tips. Thank you

[@martha-louise]

This is amazing thank you! 💓

[@lindathomas9844]

Amazing love this

[@meggiwick7601]

Dear Jessica, it is all about empowerment. But it is soooo hard! I suffer from major and there times when i dont know how to carry on.... Greetings and blessings from germany

[@lizrobinson7711]

I can’t walk without pain, I can’t ride my horse or walk my dogs. Even sitting down and in bed my legs are painful. I find it really hard to be positive 😢 I’ve already been through Endemetriosis , Adenomiosis, fibroids and cysts. I had everything taken away, well almost, some of it was “like concrete “ in the words of the surgeon. What keeps me going is working on my positivity and manifesting but sometimes the pain is too much and I’m overwhelmed. I’ve also been diagnosed with ADHD at 55 years of age and have all the bells and whistles that goes with that!

[@beatriceaddo9115]

You simply amazing, I ❤you...

[@POCKBA]

Endometriosis i have had from i was young that I dont think is much pain compared to pelvic nerve damage.

[@alvarofigueroa7442]

How to tell when someone doesnt know what pain is. They tell you to stay positive. I wish in my next life i have it as easy as you.

[@harrietabbott9318]

So true. Naive as hell.😂

[@resurgem]

Please look at her other more recent videos, she has had hysterectomy around the time of this one and more recently a double mastectomy and chemotherapy. How much more suffering does she need in order to qualify for your definition of suffering, and yet she still produces content which is filled with positivity.

[@kavitadeva]

Hi there I have no idea if you will even get this message as the video is one year old. I just wanted to make a comment that I feel is extremely important at least to look at. So I understand everything you're saying and why it's important to stay positive and how can we stay positive when we're so chronically ill, disabled, in pain what have you. Now I do not think it is simply just a choice. The reason I say that is because if you have been born into a home that has trauma after trauma after trauma you're going to develop a brain that is not neurotypical your brain will be neurodivergent and if you have had trauma after trauma after trauma as a kid then it's not just ME. BECAUSE MY BRAIN DOES NOT FUNCTION THE SAME WAY AS HEALTHY BRAINED PEOPLE BELIEVE ME I HAVE GONE THROUGH SO MUCH THERAPY AND SO MUCH COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL SKILLS IN ORDER TO LEARN HOW TO BE POSITIVE WHILE LIVING A LIMITING UNFULFILLING LIFE TO PUT IT SIMPLY. I DO NOT THINK IT IS AS SIMPLE AS SAYING IT'S NOT THAT WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH ISN'T REAL AND ISN'T DIFFICULT, BUT WHAT WE CAN DO IS CHOOSE HOW WE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT IT WHAT IS OUR PERSPECTIVE GOING TO BE AND AS YOU SAID THAT IS A CHOICE THAT WE MADE OR MAKE. I PERSONALLY AFTER BEING VERY INVOLVED IN HEALING MODALITIES AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF I DO NOT FEEL THAT I AM ALWAYS CAPABLE OF EVEN MAKING A CHOICE. SINCERELY I MEAN THAT I AM A BROKEN PERSON NOT EVERYTHING THAT I HAVE TRIED HAS FIXED WHAT I THOUGHT COULD BE FIXED AND GOD HAS HAD MIRACLES HAPPEN TO ME OR I SIMPLY DID NOT DIE AND FOR THAT I'M SO GRATEFUL BUT TO SAY THAT ALL IT IS IS A CHOICE IS WAY TO SIMPLIFIED. THERE IS SO MUCH MORE THAN JUST MAKING A CHOICE OF FINDING THE GOOD IN WHAT APPEARS TO BE A HORRIFIC SITUATION WE'RE IN, AND THAT OUR BODY IS IN. I JUST FELT IT VERY IMPORTANT TO AT LEAST SAY THIS AND HOPEFULLY IS SOMEONE READS IT THAT UNDERSTANDS WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT AND THEY FEEL VALIDATED BECAUSE THEY CAN'T JUST MAKE A SIMPLE CHOICE. THEN I'M HOPING THAT THEY WILL GIVE THEMSELVES A BREAK AND REALIZE SOME PEOPLE ARE MORE COMPLICATED. BOY I DEFINITELY AGREE WITH EVERYTHING YOU SAID BUT WE'RE NOT ALL EQUIPPED THE SAME WAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS VIDEO

[@kc-il4sb]

Hi Jessica - going through menopause with joint and pain- it's intermittent. I'm an OT and I understand chronic pain, and I work out regularly. I have changed my workouts to more yoga, pilates and walking-vs HIIT- or less high impact or super strenuous exercises. What do you think of Ayurveda for diet and lifestyle? I'm trying to change my diet and just see if I can get more balanced to see if pain decreases, better sleep. I know my ferritin was low and borderline hypothyroid. I retired in 2021 and I want to listen to my body more and not push so hard and ignore the signs.

[@privateperson5769]

❤

[@toriblancoreyes3331]

💖💖💖

[@user-co8uf1mj6c]

My knee is killing me

[@user-eh1vi3jz1c]

Jesus Christ bless you Jessica. "And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away." Revelation 21:4

[@meggiwick7601]

....major depression....

[@johnathanabrams8434]

Con artist

[@rachelrichards837]

Just wanted to add for others having uterus issues that you don't have to remove your uterus, but almost nobody will help you and will tell you just have to manage until you are past child-bearing age. I TRIED to get someone to remove my uterus due to the excruciating and debilitating and disabling pain every month and they refused, because they didn't think I was an adult at 32 years old who could decide if I would want kids or not in the future. And I even already had one child. Apparently, I was considered to only be here as a baby machine, and my own ability to earn a living for myself and have an enjoyable versus excruciatingly painful life was not a priority over my ability to procreate. SOOOO...long story short after tons of suffering, I learned that there as an option to just take the birth control pill with NO break for your monthly cycle. I found an OBGYN to prescribe this continuous low-dose birth control pill and BAM! My life completely changed overnight. I no longer had periods, so no longer had pain. Just like that in one month I became a functioning member of society again, and able to make plans for fun things like family vacations and career plans and goals, etc. I was not going to be dependent on others forever, just because society deemed my ability to create a child as more important than my suffering or ability to contribute to society in other ways. It's a TOUGH world out there when you are trying to advocate for yourself! Especially when it comes to "women's" issues. I wanted to post this here in case Jessica or anyone else knows someone struggling with any kind of chronic uterus pain due to monthly cycles - as there is a WAY! Not only did it stop the pain and suffering, but being on the pill also cured a lot of other problems and side effects I was having from the amount of painkillers I was taking before and the extreme stress and anxiety and havoc all of that was causing on my whole system. And added bonus of not having to spend money on monthly feminine products anymore. And now an additional MAJOR bonus is that I am almost 50 and have not had to deal with any perimenopause symptoms because being on the pill continuously just keeps everything smooth and even in hormone world for me. So, it really has been priceless, like winning the lottery for me just taking the low-dose Pill continuously, and I hope it helps someone else to talk about the option with their doctor. Best of Luck to everyone!