In a Regulated Nervous System, Stress and Pain keep you safe
Pain is a tool your subconscious mind uses to protect you from danger. Your response (moving away from the dangerous thing or holding an injured body part) stops you from getting hurt / more hurt. So your subconscious is just trying to keep you safe, that’s great right? Yes of course, but not when there is no danger! – as can be the case with chronic pain. You can’t always control the things that cause you stress (aka the danger) but you can learn to respond differently and this makes everything so much easier to deal with. If you’d like …
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