Life With My Pet Back

Stress Symptoms,  Signs Of Stress when in pain We are all different and equally valid in the ways we react emotionally to debilitating pain. People I know who are under stress have described it as an emotional roller coaster, a see-saw experience, frustrating, depressing, challenging, debilitating, frightening, isolating, stressful and confusing. Also, people have said who are coping with the demands of back pain and realising they are learning to cope and using their emotional strength to get through and do each day, was a profound experience changing the way they behaved towards life.  Appreciating what they can do, physically more dependent, mentally more independent, being kinder, amazed at the community of support among back pain sufferers, found something within themselves an emotional and mental strength they didn't know was there... So we all react in different ways, at different times...equally true, equally valid. I certainly recognize myself in ...

Quite often we think of back pain as a physical problem, and it is,  but there are also many emotional and mental effects of being in pain and having your body hurting.  It is incredibly difficult to take action when in the throes of feeling down so small steps and be kind to yourself.  I have looked into how to reduce stress through stress relief music and CDs, complementary therapies, and other techniques to help. Some will work for you, some won't, we are all different in our responses and what we need.  We have a focus on stress and back pain but these techniques may be helpful to you if you are under any kind of stress. Being stressed and feeling down can take its toll on so many areas of your life. I know it, I have been there and its awful. I hope that you find something in this series helpful to you. Gentle hugs :) Develop A "Can Do" Attitude To Life When you are dealing with back pain or any pain, it is stressful and debilitating physically an...