Pain

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I was reminded this week that we all have certain physical pain issues in our lives that can be unbearable at times. What is so frustrating about these pains is that they go unnoticed by almost everyone around us. For example, I suffer from severe migraines and I mean severe. Years ago I was having migraines 15 to 20 days out of the month. Now they only come about 5 to 7 days a month, thank goodness. But when I get one I am dealing with something no one else can help me with, no one else can understand and no one else may even know I having one. These migraines make me loose precious time and moments and I feel like I'm living in a bubble watching the world go by. Never mind the emotional roller coaster I go through while having one.

"If I bled every time I hurt, people would finally know what I'm going through"

This caused me to sit back and think about how there are so many others that have their own physical pain they are dealing with that I know nothing about. The endless amount of commercials about drugs to help lesson the pains are evidence enough. I also know there are people out there that seem to think that most of our pain is in our heads. That we could overcome it, or that we are using it as a crutch. I really have no answers for these people who are perfect and have never had to deal with any type of pain in their lives. I am focusing on those I know and hope I can be a source of strength in their time of pain.

"....pain is such an elusive and abused symptom in our society that it is difficult to get people, especially doctors to understand what we are feeling."

I really wish we could all feel 'Nirvana', freedom from pain, but I know that is unlikely. I have weeded through my physical pains and found the ones that cause me the most frustration, hurt and loss. I then focused on that specific physical pain through treatment, (and this can be any treatment you feel comfortable with; medicine, alternative methods) from my doctor to help ease and release me from its grasp. This is why I am now down to 5 or 7 migraines a month.

If you have a physical pain, have you just accepted the pain? Are you able to seek help for the pain? What can get you closest to Nirvana and allow you to have refuge?