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Originally Posted by Kathypelkey
It is good to take on an interest which gets your mind on something fun.
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Hi
Kathy,
You've found one of the keys many of us use in coping daily with chronic/intractable pain. Here's a link to an article I wrote about others.... just about 3 years ago. (I've been meaning to revise/update it.)
http://tinyurl.com/2c642oa
Awareness of what pain is, how it works, and what it does to us both physically and mentally are, IMO, very helpful - knowledge is power.
Other useful knowledge I've found:
Google:
stages of grief
Google: chronic pain vicious cycle
Doc