When I mentioned my chronic back and hip pain to the yoga instructor yesterday, she asked the cause. When I told her they could never figure it out, she immediately made a comment about stress and the effect on the body. I started to dismiss her as I have always felt like I handle stress well but something made me pause.
In a divorce group I had joined, someone recently asked others if they had noticed an improvement in any chronic health issues after the divorce and the post was filled with so many women who had experienced relief.
And then today, I stumbled upon a YouTube video with some research on the causes of chronic pain. It indicated that 85% of people with chronic pain have no structural reason for their pain. I couldn't believe that number. It went on to talk about the way our emotions affect our brain's way of interpreting pain. A study showed that people who reflected on and addressed the emotional issues they were going through at the time of the start of the pain or times it increased found significant relief.
My chronic pain started 17 or 18 years ago.
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