How to Break the Cycle of Pain

Do you know someone who is in pain? Maybe it is you.

Have you found that when we experience pain, it's really hard to say Yes to many things such as exercising, being active with your grandchildren, and even eating healthier?

?We?do want to be stronger, feel less inflamed, have more energy, and just simply feel better. We have all positive intentions of doing good but?pain?cuts into all our good efforts.?

How do we handle pain? Precisely,?how do we break the vicious cycle of pain?

If you or you know someone who is experiencing pain, please keep reading. This message may be just the life and happiness saver they need!

The most important foundational step to breaking the cycle of discomfort is to?tune into your body?and to have two-way communication.?

Btw, what kind of pain are we talking about?

Physical pain?(when your body is inflamed or misaligned)

Emotional pain?(when you are in transition or overwhelmed)

According to Forbes Magazine, "Although the brain does not process emotional pain and physical pain identically, research on neural pathways suggests there is substantial overlap between the experience of physical and social pain. The cascading events that occur and regions activated in our brains – and therefore our reactions to the acute pain – appear to be similar."

Ways emotional pain may lead to physical pain. When we are stressed, the body is flooded with cortisol, the stress hormone. As a protection mechanism, the body may produce extra fat layers around your organs to protect them from cortisol. This may lead to inflammation and overweight.

Also, when we are under stress, our immune system weakens. Therefore, we are prone to get sick and have less energy.?Acute (short-term)?stress that is being experienced over a long period of time becomes chronic stress. Chronic stress, in turn, may lead to heart disease, high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, and cancer, just to name a few.

How physical pain may lead to emotional pain.?When the body is experiencing physical aches and pains, we naturally feel emotionally distressed and may have less energy and motivation.

So how do we break this vicious cycle of pain?forever or for as long as we can?

Allow me to share a 5-step process.