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Whether it be mental, emotional, or physical, chronic pain is a brutal weight to endure, especially alone. But - you are never alone. And right now, you might not feel okay, and that's okay. Because being okay will come. I promise.Â
This audio is very personal and intimate. I share details about my life with chronic pain and I share support and understanding to help you get through your dark days. With chronic pain, we have a level that we consider 'normal,' and we have days where that level skyrockets and we feel trapped and isolated by that pain. I want you to know that you are not alone, even on your darkest days. I also share a relaxation exercise and personal affirmations to help you find comfort and relaxation.
This audio was created in honor of ASMR Saves Lives and is intended to give you a bit of peace on dark days
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Intro of the audio:
Chronic pain can be one of the most difficult things to endure in life. You hurt every day for no reason at all. You wake up feeling completely unrested and your mental health begins to suffer because you can only endure so much. The level of pain you experience becomes your new normal. This is your life. You hurt and you get through your day as best you can. You stop telling people about it and you might even put on a brave face because that too is your new normal. You think that no one wants to hear about your pain because you begin to feel that it is all you talk about sometimes. You don’t want to be that person that is always complaining or always bringing up your pain. There’s nothing anyone can do about it anyway, so they don’t need to know.
But then you have bad days. Days so bad you can’t get out of bed and your mental health drops dangerously. You just want to sleep, you just want to feel rested. You just want to wake and feel like a normal person without being in agony. And the bad days are made worse because you’ve grown used to the normal days. You’d give anything to have those normal days back. You can’t imagine making it through this bad day and you begin to go to dark places. You begin to question your sanity and you begin to think that the bad days will never end.
But you are not alone. You are NOT ALONE. I suffer from chronic nerve pain from an injury I sustained during my time in the United States Army. Every day, for the last 16 years, I’ve been in pain. I’ve reached my normal level and I’ve had some very bad days. It’s hard. But it’s always hard and when that becomes the new normal you begin to adjust – you begin to get stronger. You are strong. You are stronger than you know and stronger than you’d ever give yourself credit for. Your strength comes from your ability to cope, even on days when you think you can’t cope any longer. Within you is an incredible power to survive and work past very difficult times.
I want you to remember this on the bad days. I want you to know that you are an incredible force, you have incredible strength and you can get through anything. And when times are dark and you feel more down than you ever have in the past, I want you to remember that you are not alone. Myself and others like us suffer in the same ways. We can draw strength from this knowledge because it means we are not alone. You are not alone.
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