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Day 234: Pain

No I haven't turned into a sadistic psycho.  *wink*
Here's what I mean by being grateful for pain.  I'm grateful for it because it means I am still feeling, I'm not numbed.  Whether it is physical pain or emotional pain I am feeling I am grateful for it (usually after the fact but still...) because it means things are working and aren't numbed.  For example, the disease CIPA.  It blocks the body from feeling extreme temperatures, like hot or cold.  So someone with CIPA could be burning themselves and not know it.  It's very dangerous.  It means something isn't working right.  Pain is actually good because it tells us something is wrong, to slow down, to stop, etc.  Same thing with the emotional pain we feel.  If we don't feel it then we have become numbed to it and that is dangerous to our emotional health and relationships.  So while pain is, well, a pain it is something I am grateful for because it forces me to stop and address it to get to a healthy place - whether that is physically or emotionally.  How about you?  Have you ever thought about pain in a positive way before? It's hard isn't it?  :)

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