“Sometimes I wonder how I could have been so oblivious to the fact that proper treatment for pain is, well, not a… — Anna Hamilton Copy Share Image
“In the midst of pain, we begin to understand the price Jesus paid for our salvation.” — Cindee Snider Re Copy Share Image
God uses chronic pain and weakness, along with other afflictions, as his chisel for sculpting our lives. — J. I. Packer Copy Share Image
The weaker we feel, the harder we lean. And the harder we lean, the stronger we grow spiritually, even while our bodies… — J. I. Packer Copy Share Image
“Dancing with a spinal cord injury is a challenge like no other, but I aspired to prove to myself that I could… — Sarah Todd Hammer Copy Share Image
“the pain of mending is only second to the pain of the original injury. Basically another Tuesday.” — Rebecca Yarros Copy Share Image
“If I only could explain How much I miss that precious moment when I was free from the shackles of chronic pain.” — Jenni Johanna Toivonen Copy Share Image
“We can't escape from our problems, but we can learn to live with them in a way that is peaceful and joyful.” — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
“Chronic pain patients like me are not the cause of the opioid crisis; only 22% of those who misuse opioids are prescribed… — Sonya Huber Copy Share Image
I had to relearn how to walk in the hospital and missed about two and a half, three months of school. After… — Tayshia Adams Copy Share Image
So if somebody has chronic pain, we want to manage the pain, but we still want to treat the insomnia separately. So… — Shelby Harris Copy Share Image
“Our circumstances might be abject, we might not think we can survive for one more day enslaved to illness, but God says,… — Cindee Snider Re Copy Share Image
If I were somebody dealing with chronic pain, I would see it as a challenge to manage my mind; even knowing that… — Cheryl Richardson Copy Share Image
“Every EDS patient knows that one of the hardest parts of our day is the moment we open our eyes and waken… — Michael Bihovsky Copy Share Image
It was on the highway - I was completely stopped and the girl behind me was texting and not paying attention and… — Tayshia Adams Copy Share Image
“Some days I survive by accident, not hope. The pain never stops—it just changes costume. And still, somewhere in the static, there’s… — Jonathan Harnisch Copy Share Image
Sometimes I think illness sits inside every woman, waiting for the right moment to bloom. I have known so many sick women… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
“My mom’s in jail right now for assault with a deadly weapon, which was pretty stupid of her, I admit. But she… — Joanna Wylde Copy Share Image
“There’s such a thing as chronic pain, but there’s no such thing as chronic pleasure. ... For an existing person, the presence… — David Benatar Copy Share Image
“I described a program that is in wide use across the country to treat chronic pain. It bears repeating here that treating… — John E. Sarno Copy Share Image
“When all you know is pain you don’t know that that is not normal. It is not a woman’s lot to suffer,… — Susan Sarandon Copy Share Image
“And we're such language-based creatures that to some extent we cannot know what we cannot name. And so we assume it isn't… — John Green Copy Share Image
“The trouble with chronic pain is that it is so easy to become accustomed to it, both mentally and physically. At first… — Robert J. Wiersema Copy Share Image
“We already have intriguing evidence that some types of chronic pain work by prediction. Animals who have stress or injury early in… — Lisa Feldman Barrett Copy Share Image
“Not every day is awful. Not every day is good. Despite the way the hours pass, I’m living like I should. Not… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Since my symptoms began 13 years ago, I’ve tried every form of pain management I could access — NSAIDS, nonopioid analgesics, neurologic… — Michael Bihovsky Copy Share Image
“My name is CRPS, or so they say But I actually go by; a few different names. I was once called causalgia,… — Nikki Rowe Copy Share Image
“Mental illness People assume you aren’t sick unless they see the sickness on your skin like scars forming a map of all… — Emm Roy Copy Share Image
“However, there is no fixed rule that dictates when and if a symptom will appear. This group includes: • Excessive shyness • Diminished emotional… — Peter A. Levine Copy Share Image
“The stigma of chronic pain is one of the most difficult aspects of living with chronic pain. If you have chronic pain,… — Murray J. McAlister Copy Share Image
Chronic pain or other challenges are invitations; gifts that challenge us to learn how to manage the mind. — Cheryl Richardson Copy Share Image
“The strong, ferocious wind just made the chill worse, and as it blew around me, electric bursts of pain shot through my… — Jennifer Starzec Copy Share Image
“Consciousness is the chronic pain of life, and all higher organisms suffer it every waking moment.” — David Marusek Copy Share Image
Now that I am conscious of the world of chronic pain, when I see somebody walking down the street who's having trouble,… — Lynne Tillman Copy Share Image
“Chronic pain shatters productive lives. Chronic pain almost always is accompanied by depression, anxiety, frustration, fatigue, isolation, and lowered self-esteem.” — Jed Diamond Copy Share Image
“But I had to think to myself that this was normal, because that was the attitude. I was 19 when I went… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
“The video was still playing, although I didn't know why. It seemed as if the able-bodied dancers were mocking me.” — Sarah Todd Hammer Copy Share Image
“Every EDS patient knows that one of the hardest parts of our day is the moment we open our eyes and waken… — Michael Bihovsky Copy Share Image
