Living with chronic pain, it can be easy to give into that pain. By this I mean it’s easy to become short tempered, impatient and irritable, all without knowing it or meaning to, just ask my family. Allowing these feelings to rule the person you truly are only makes life difficult for the people around you. It’s also harmful to your emotional, spiritual, and physical health. You can prevent this by finding healthy activities to replace the negative elements in your life. I’ll talk more about this in the section titled, “Finding an Outlet.”
The desire to withdraw from friends or family while in pain can be a common and understandable feeling. However, this may not always be the best thing for you emotionally. You don’t want to end up talking to a volleyball named Wilson with a face painted on it. Not giving into your pain also means not pushing away the people close to you.
When in crisis, leaving the house to socialize may not always be the wisest thing to do. Instead, invite friends to come over to your house. At home you have control over the many things that may be out of your control someplace else. For instance, if you entertain at your place you control:
➢ How warm or cold your home is
➢ What kind of things you are going to do for fun
(This way you don’t have to worry about being pressured into doing an activity that may be too physically demanding for how you feel at the moment.)
➢ How many people come over, and
➢ Which people come over
(By controlling who comes over, you’re less likely to have an unexpected stressful encounter with somebody you clash with, which can add pain to your crisis.)
At home, in addition to the above, you have available all the water, food, medication, or other essentials you might need. Having a crisis doesn’t necessarily mean you can’t socialize. It just means you have to plan things around your health.
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