The Mental Struggles of Chronic Pain
Chronic pain is a mental rollercoaster: you think it’s all in your head and when you get no answers or when pain is mentally draining your mood changes. As I’ve said many times, chronic pain is an “invisible illness”, and nobody really knows how much you suffer because of it. For example, people always expect me to be happy and positive as I was like this before I was diagnosed with NDPH. Although I always make it a goal to stay positive, there are some days where I am sad, angry, and question why I deserve this.
To keep myself from falling into this negative mindset, I tell myself that pain does not define me. I remember all the progress I have made from being in bed and having no energy to going back to school and pursuing my passions. There is one thing that I always say when I fall into this harmful mindset: you only live once, and you do not want to spend your time being upset over something you cannot control at the moment.
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