Understanding the Brain's Role in Chronic Pain with Kaitlin Touza, PhD

[@triciachampine5807]

What's helped me the most is realizing that I am not my body. I am the person observing my body go nuts and hurt. Sometimes it is scarey and I wonder "is this the way it will be forever?". But I catch myself. I refuse to catastrophize everything. I remind myself that the future is unknown. I can make changes to affect the outcome. So I observe my body and then distract myself. Often when I come back to it, the body symptoms have changed. It's such a roller-coaster

[@bendybodiespodcast]

This is brilliant. Thank you so much for sharing. Do you have any tips for those who want to try this but are struggling to implement it?

[@mimiallen2199]

I appreciate this so much. Thank you!

[@bendybodiespodcast]

@@mimiallen2199 you are most welcome. What was most helpful to you?

[@mimiallen2199]

@@bendybodiespodcast we are new and we’re on the front end of diagnosis, so all the info is so helpful. ☺️