HappyHealth Journal
How to Self-Manage Chronic Pain
One way to understand how we feel pain, or why sometimes it seems worse, is the ‘overflowing cup’ metaphor. We each have a certain amount of space in our cup and when the everyday stressors exceed it, our cup overflows and we feel pain. With chronic pain it is important to relax. Not only to achieve muscle relaxation, but to help ourselves be able to mentally and emotionally manage the pain, too.