“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
“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
“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
Chronic pain or other challenges are invitations; gifts that challenge us to learn how to manage the mind. — Cheryl Richardson Copy Share Image
You can only exist as far as your mind will allow you to exist, and I think chronic pain will stop time… — Phil Anselmo Copy Share Image
I think anyone who suffers from chronic pain can agree with this - you feel this great significance. What I wanted to… — Phil Anselmo Copy Share Image
“Several medical professional organizations acknowledge the utility of opioid therapy and many case series and large surveys report satisfactory reductions in pain,… — Andrew Rosenblum Copy Share Image
“People who don't see you every day have a hard time understanding how on some days--good days--you can run three miles, but… — Jennifer Starzec Copy Share Image
“Deepening awareness and nonjudgmental acceptance of one’s thoughts fosters a new relationship with them, creating the space to purposefully shift mental focus… — Dan Mager Copy Share Image
I literally couldn't walk down the street; I slept for 16 hours a day, was in chronic pain, had blackouts, never-ending heart… — Ella Woodward Copy Share Image
I deal daily with chronic pain and, at times, my pain feels like a lemon that God "squeezes," revealing my sour attitude,… — Joni Eareckson Tada Copy Share Image
“Pushing ourselves to do too much despite the pain will not result in gain but may cause additional injury. However, sometimes we… — Karen Lee Richards Copy Share Image
I want to make it clear, though, that I am not trying to say these are bad drugs. Opioid medications in the… — Perri Peltz Copy Share Image
Anyone who lives with poor health or chronic pain, or who has endured poverty - real poverty - knows what it is… — C.E. Morgan Copy Share Image
“the media, at least in the U.S., tends to focus on pain pill use, abuse, and addiction by people who do not… — Anna Hamilton Copy Share Image
“disorder, chronic pain, and bipolar and other mood disorders. The procedure was also used to treat perceived defective personality traits that included… — Kate Clifford Larson Copy Share Image
“I currently take Lortab, which is a combination of acetaminophen and hydrocodone. I’d rather not take this medication, or any medication for… — Alison Moore Copy Share Image
“Sometimes, this disapproval of how you are managing your pain crosses over to disbelief that you are in as much pain as… — Murray J. McAlister Copy Share Image
“My doctors, who are not cavalier with prescriptions, give me this medication because I have earned their trust. And yet, with mounting… — Michael Bihovsky Copy Share Image
In Scandinavia probably the most worker-supportive part of the planet, they have the highest rate of chronic pain and worker-related disability. So… — Steven C. Hayes Copy Share Image
It's so important for those living with chronic pain to establish good communication with both their healthcare professionals and caregivers. Clear communication… — Naomi Judd Copy Share Image
So, more times than not, but not every time, it can be linked to a medical problem, such as menopause, cancer, chronic… — Shelby Harris Copy Share Image
When you are the parent of someone who is a chronic pain sufferer, you end up creating these binders for all of… — Chandra Wilson Copy Share Image
“The term chronic pain captures nothing of the grinding, constant, ceaseless, inescapable hurt. And the term crazy arrives at us with none… — John Green Copy Share Image
“most chronic pain patients I know tend to minimize their pain to try to seem as “normal” as possible. We don’t want… — Karen Lee Richards Copy Share Image
I shake all the time. It's exhausting and causes chronic pain in my joints and muscles. It is also the only life… — Maysoon Zayid Copy Share Image
“Anyone who takes opioids on a regular basis will become dependent upon them, meaning they will have to taper off gradually to… — Karen Lee Richards Copy Share Image
“We have a genuine and devastating epidemic of opiate abuse in this country, and it is of critical importance that this problem… — Michael Bihovsky 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
“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
“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
“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
God uses chronic pain and weakness, along with other afflictions, as his chisel for sculpting our lives. Felt weakness deepens dependence on… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The addiction crisis is terrifying, and many people don’t comprehend appropriate opioid use. When I first started taking pain medication, I remember… — Dianne Bourque Copy Share Image
Sometimes ... we find that even when we do our best to serve the Lord, we still suffer. You may know someone… — David E. Sorensen Copy Share Image
“There’s a saying that goes something like: ‘We are all one drink or pill away from addiction,’ and I know this is… — S. E. Smith Copy Share Image
It's not easy to diagnose because depending where the endometrial deposits are, the symptoms can be quite different. It's an unrecognized problem… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
“Even in the darkest abyss of despair, when it feels as though hope has perished, remember this—the pages of life are never… — Jonathan Harnisch Copy Share Image
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