Be kind: why mindful self-compassion matters when you are dealing with chronic pain
Alison Bale
Using science and practical skills to reduce persistent pain ?? Improve your mental health and get your life back ?? Mindfulness teacher for groups and individuals ??
The writer Mark Twain once wrote that: ‘kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see’. It is a behaviour marked by generosity – offering consideration, assistance, and concern for others. Without regard for praise or reward in return. What would it mean to turn this attitude towards yourself? To bring kindness to your own experience, even when you are dealing with chronic pain?
There’s a common misconception that making progress means being hard on yourself. If you keep pressurising yourself, you will stay motivated. What if that wasn’t the case? What if research shows that greater self-compassion and flexibility of thinking – a more open and accepting awareness of yourself – can bring relief from chronic pain?
You might have been taught that kindness means softness, weakness. Or you might find it difficult to be kindness to yourself when you are in pain. However challenging it is, studies suggest that mindful self-compassion can result in reduced pain, anxiety, stress and depression. ?
How to be more self-compassionate when you have pain? And are there easy ways to get started? Click here to read more.
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1 年"Inspiring words, Alison! Self-compassion is key to managing pain and improving mental health. Thanks for sharing these practical skills for a better life. #Mindfulness #SelfCompassion #MentalWellness"
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1 年I feel the only way forward is to be kind to ourselves (the world is horrible enough as it is). We start by self-kindness, then that empowers us to be kind to others.