Month: January 2022
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Caretakers deserve attention too
Being a caretaker to someone with chronic pain can be quite stressful. Often the needs of caretakers are overlooked and not addressed. They need help in dealing with their own reaction to their loved one’s problems. They also need help aligning their own motivation and their support of their loved one’s motivation to recover. When…
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Faulty thinking causes suffering
Non-evolutionary based thinking does not help to alleviate suffering. It tends to exacerbate it. This type of thinking includes judgmental thinking, rationalizations, assumptions, magical thinking, and thoughts based on a negative belief system. These kinds of thoughts will disempower you and make it harder for you to cope. It will increase your overall suffering. Make…