Somehow, when people are able to see that they didn’t run their own lives into the ground on their own, something shifts. They start to believe in themselves again. They start to reject the pieces of culture that don’t bring them life. Things start to get just a tad easier. When we stop thinking that we are the problem, we gain the power to become the solution.

No one knows how hard it is to live with your chronic pain except for you. Chronic pain is a profoundly isolating experience that touches every aspect of your life. While it is sometimes associated with a specific diagnosis, most often chronic pain is unexplained which can make it hard to hope for improvement. Because of this, chronic pain can easily lead to depression and anxiety.