Pain Is The Voice Of The Body For Change

Are you dealing with pain issues in your life? Are there days when your decisions are ruled more by your pain than what you want to do with your time? If so, your body is trying to tell you something.  It’s time for a change.

I’ve been dealing with arthritis pain for a very long time. Mine started already when I was in my early 20s. At the time I just pushed through and ignored it, because it wasn’t debilitating. That pain was merely an annoyance.

What I didn’t realize is that pain is a body’s way of telling us we need to make a change in our lifestyle. Something we are doing isn’t good for us. The pain is a warning to take inventory on our life and figure out what we are doing wrong.

The pain I dealt with was the effect of my emotional eating. I had a lot of stress in my life and a lot of unresolved emotional issues from my earlier years. There were toxic people in my life. I was doing a lot of stress eating – eating when my emotions were overwhelmed.

Fast forward to 2018. The arthritis pain that I so easily ignored twenty years ago has now become a crippling debilitating pain. I can no longer get out of bed without pain. In the mornings at least, I need a cane to walk. I was forced to put an end to a job I held for 17 years. My body cried for change and I didn’t change.

Last year I began to go to workshops to learn about healing through writing. I wasn’t sure I would even go, and then last minute I decided to try it out. I’m still attending those workshops. And I’m proud of the progress I’m making. This last weekend I broke through a huge barrier that had been holding me back.

It may be too late to reverse the damage the pain has done to me. Debillitating pain is sadly a part of my present and my future. But, I have no intention of letting it get worse. I recognize the signs and symptoms of stress eating. I’m working on my diet and exercise to get my weight and my blood pressure under control. I’m taking back my life.

And, I’m listening to my body. I’m recognizing new pains and analyzing my current life to see where I can make changes. Or where I might need to make a change. Pain is the voice of our body.

I’m listening. Are you?