When people ask what Fibro pain is like, I describe it this way:
Imagine feeling hungry or your leg or neck muscles are sore. Now imagine that instead of feeling that as hunger or stiffness, nerves tell your brain you’re being stabbed by knives.
That’s what my fibro feels like.
Imagine feeling hungry or your leg or neck muscles are sore. Now imagine that instead of feeling that as hunger or stiffness, nerves tell your brain you’re being stabbed by knives.
That’s what my fibro feels like.
The thing is you are certainly not being stabbed by knives and often there’s no real reason for the pain except something in that area has attracted the attention of your nervous system.
So while the pain is very real, the reason is often a miscommunication.
So while the pain is very real, the reason is often a miscommunication.
This is why meditation & yoga has been a huge help for me. Yoga helps me stay in my body and be gentle with it. Mediation helps find some distance from my pain and experience it without judgment.
I eat well. I exercise daily.
I take care of myself.
The rest isn’t up to me.
I eat well. I exercise daily.
I take care of myself.
The rest isn’t up to me.
I also am lucky in that my fibro pain waxes and wanes, usually with my cycle. I only have 2 or 3 really bad days a month. And I get a few days or even a few weeks every month mostly pain free.
Other fibro sufferers are not so lucky.
And they deserve our compassion and support.
Other fibro sufferers are not so lucky.
And they deserve our compassion and support.
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