New Program Day 14: Fostering Empowerment

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I'm in a place where I have *both* structural and neuroplastic pain. Still waiting to see my neurologist. So I'm constantly guessing about which type of pain is present at any one time. I think I'll know more soon, and I'm "guessing" (ha) that the structural pain will heal within a few months. It's still maddening. The one thing I can bring to it is a sense of curiosity and a kind of scientific observation. I run through the criteria for neuroplastic pain frequently, and sometimes it is caused by the additional nerve injury and sometimes by stress. Doing a lot of breathing patterns to help with stress.

Nowhere near empowerment. I would like to hear anyone's take on the distinction between empowerment and getting a little too brave in rehab. Thanks.

 

How did get on with your neurologist?

 

IBS is awful! I have been dealing with it for a few years. It interferes with my life more than anything else. I can hardly walk. I understand the Sarno process, I just can't seem to BELIEVE it enough to change anything. I'm very frustrated b/c I am not feeling better....stagnant. It's so depressing. And stressful trying to figure out if the body aches are TMS connected to digestion, or hypothyroidism, which I may not even have.