Setting Intentions
March 2023 Slice of Life challenge
Often, I'm in pain. I've been experiencing periodic pain in my lower back and my wrist. Thankfully, I haven't had the back and wrist pain simultaneously but both come and go as they please it seems. The pain arrives suddenly, gets worse and sticks around for a week or so.
It turns my normal life routine upside down. I have to trade my usual workout for sitting on my butt or lying down in bed not to exasperate the pain. I can't even take my dog for a walk when the backpain is present. It comes in and takes my mood and smashes it way low down. It makes working hard to do. I have to act and do normal things while no one around me even knows the pain that I am currently battling. Being in pain is a very lonely place to be. No one feels how you feel. Your pain cannot be seen. No one can help ease your pain. You have to sit in it, alone until it decides to slowly dissipate. It's not a very fun place to be to all alone. Until one day you realize the pain is no longer plaguing you. Where did it go? Will it come back? When will it come back? Please don't come back, Back to my normal life routine. Until ...
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3/27/2021 01:00:27 pm
First off, I'm a sucker for a simplistically clever title so - well done there. Thank you for your honesty with this one. You're right - when you are experiencing something no one around you does it can be quite isolating. Talking (or slicing) about it may bring you some catharsis (I hope) but it also allows for others to find empathy. Solid post - I hope your pain management continues on as well as possible.
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Heidi
3/27/2021 01:40:47 pm
It is pretty awful when pain overtakes your existence and casts a gray pall.
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MIRIELLE STRASSER
3/27/2021 01:54:38 pm
I feel like this is my life since I hit 40. Something always seems to hurt.
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3/27/2021 02:22:02 pm
I live in almost constant pain due to a long list of ailments. You are so right; it can be so lonely when the pain stops you in your tracks. It is the rare moment when somthing isn't throbbing or barking, but I try to relish each one of those moments. I hope your pain stays away for a long while.
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Heidi
3/27/2021 09:55:36 pm
Excellent use of questions at the end of this slice. The thing about pain is you also forget how consuming it is after the fact. Your story eludes to that so well. Hoping your pain stays at bay.
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