Living with a life-long medical condition requires grace, gratitude, and acceptance. The ability to manage disappointments and expectations of how you thought your life would go is essential. The practice of: meditation, prayer, deep breathing, mindfulness, and exercise can reduce overall pain levels. Healing is not linear. It requires a combination of physical and mental work required to live your best life.
This is a story about a journey through rare diseases, difficult conditions, and the coping skills used to thrive, not just survive. I hope my journey can help others affected by chronic pain. We can come together all over the world and create a tribe of support, collaboration, and kindness.
This book provides practical, real world hacks for dealing with chronic pain. The following conditions are discussed: Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS), fibromyalgia, functional neurological disorder (FND), psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES), Non-epileptic Attack Disorder (NEAD), anxiety, and depression.
Updated: Mar 25, 2021
Shannon Green started as a facilitator for American Chronic Pain Association (ACPA) chronic pain support groups in Austin, Texas. Due to Covid, we have moved to an online format via monthly zoom calls. We are a community of folks with chronic pain supporting each other. You are not alone. We work on coping skills to more effectively manage our pain. Potential topics are: meditation, movement, breath work, gratitude, emotion regulation, and spirituality, etc.
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