Pain is the body’s warning system and tells you something is wrong. Pain tells you to do something. But when the pain becomes chronic, that warning system becomes unreliable, like an overly sensitive car alarm that goes off in the middle of the night. We can roll over and try to ignore it. We can shut the window to block it. Sometimes we canvas our neighbours and ask them to fix it. When all these measures do not result in the car alarm reducing … We either move or find a way to live with it. Neither option may be what we want, not what we would choose, not your fault; But the car alarm exists, and so do you. These are the only options available right now.

This does NOT mean ‘it is all in your head’. It does mean there are supports, strategies, and therapies that can help you find a way to live WITH your pain.