Nerve Pain

Learn how you can use hope to help manage your nerve pain.

Nerve Pain Is A Unique Sensation

I have lived with various degrees of nerve pain for years, ever since I went through chemotherapy and had my right lung removed.

Nerve pain is a unique sensation. For me, I have experienced it as numbness, cold, electrical shocks, a burning sensation that feels like a candle licking my skin, or as extreme as a blow torch melting my flesh.

I used to live with extreme nerve discomfort for many years, and I found it challenging to describe it to people who have never experienced it. This can worsen the anxiety of nerve pain, because most people won’t understand the intensity and type of pain you are enduring.

When you are in pain, it is important to vent off that steam, so if you are in a state of discomfort, give yourself opportunities to vent to someone who cares about you and whom you care about.

Nerve Pain Can Break The Scale

I used to live with extreme nerve pain. Levels so intense my nervous system felt like streams of molten lava. These were ongoing, chronic sensations that cannot be represented by standard pain scales, because they are beyond a healthy person’s comprehension.

The kind of pain that activates your sympathetic nervous system, yelling at you “to RUN”, but with nowhere to go, because no matter where I go, there I am, in unrelenting agony. I lived in a prison I could not escape, shackled to my suffering, and no matter how much I begged and pleaded for peace, there was no reprieve.

This is a terrible state to be in, but there is always hope. Pain like this can fade; it always gets better because today’s pain won’t last forever.

Have Hope

Hope is the faith that everything will ultimately and always be okay. Hope isn’t surviving; no one out-survives their timeline. So many people mistake trying to have more minutes as hope.

When you have hope, it doesn’t matter how many seconds you have left, because you make every moment glow. People with hope celebrate every second they have with the people they hold dear because they know those are the moments we should cheer for and cherish.

When I went through my cancer journey, I learned that suffering ends when you give purpose to the pain. Later, I discovered that every hardship is a blessing because it provides us with an opportunity to one day help someone else. The key is to combine the two.

While this act might not wash away all the pain, it will reduce some of the anxiety. Anxiety magnifies our perception of pain, so when we are crying, “I have had enough!” or rolling in the woe of our misery, we can say, “The purpose of my pain is to help someone else one day, to serve as their guide to steer them back toward having hope and loving life.”

The Pain Can Go Away

Yes, the pain can go away. I know you may have people in your life, perhaps even physicians, telling you that the pain is here to stay. Stop listening to them in this regard. If you believe their statements, how will you ever have the hope that anything will ever get any better?

Hope is an instrumental component of pain management. You will never begin to feel better until you decide that you can.

Say it out loud, “I am going to get better!” I mean this: just reading it or whispering it to yourself is not enough. Say it loudly and with vigor. “I AM GOING TO GET BETTER!“

Look at yourself in the mirror and say to yourself, “I AM POWERFUL!” Give yourself strong eye contact and take it seriously. Say it again with more force behind your words, allow your voice to carry the might of your soul. “I AM POWERFUL AND CAN OVERCOME ANYTHING!“

You Are Powerful

You may not realize this, but in life, you are batting a 1000. While you may get stuck on the ways you have fumbled and failed, I see someone who has overcome everything they have ever faced. Nothing has ever stopped you, because you are standing tall and strong today. And sure, you might stumble and fail again in the future, but nothing will ever keep you down.

You Can Rise Above It

I used to live in extreme degrees of pain and agony, but today I am pain-free. I found my way to this state by having hope, forgiving what I cannot change, making the most of my moments, celebrating my purpose, and doing a lot of pain neuroscience research.

I found my way through the storm, and you can too. I am just like you; the only difference is that I have developed a relationship with my pain.

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You can find your way, too. You can rediscover the delightfulness of life, let go of the strife holding you down, and turn your frown upside down. You can have hope, develop the skills to cope, and have a healthy relationship with your pain system.

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Disclaimer

Information provided on this website, including educational materials, pain neuroscience explanations, treatment suggestions, and any other content shared during sessions, classes, or coaching, is for educational purposes only. It is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease or medical condition, and is not a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.

You should always consult a qualified healthcare provider regarding any medical concerns. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay seeking it because of information you receive here.

Jennifer Brand Spa

Pain Management at 2717 Hwy K, O’Fallon, MO 63368