I haven’t been around lately because, yet again, we have had no internet and are we’re really not very happy with our service provider. Having no internet should really have given me lots of time to get caught up with odd jobs in the house, but it’s actually been the…
Category: Distractions
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Creativity Can Help You to Cope With Your Pain
I often mention using distractions as a way of coping with pain. That’s because when we concentrate on something, it can take the focus off the pain, even if only briefly. I love creative hobbies because my mind can become really absorbed in whatever I’m doing. A lot of people in the chronic illness community are also creative, so perhaps I’m not the only one who thinks that creativity can help us to cope with pain.
I would never suggest that creativity can cure pain. If my doctors can’t cure it, painting a pretty picture or stringing some beads together certainly won’t. But I’m sure it helps me to cope.
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How to Cope With the Lockdown and Isolation During the Coronavirus Crisis
2020 has become such a frightening and worrying year, hasn’t it? The news about the coronavirus is so overwhelming that I have to try to distract myself at times. I’m coping fine with the lockdown and the isolation which comes with it because, like many other people who live with chronic health conditions, I don’t go out much anyway.
However, I know a lot of healthier people are struggling to cope with the situation. Most of them are used to living busy, active lives, therefore spending time cooped up at home is probably a difficult adjustment for them.
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How to Cut Down on the Cost of Christmas Gifts
Christmas is supposed to be a happy occasion but many people become too stressed to enjoy it. There’s so much to do and to think about. And gift shopping – that can be so expensive, can’t it? But surely Christmas can be special without spending a fortune? Perhaps if we cut down on the cost of Christmas gifts, people would be able to enjoy the season more.
There are lots of ways to cut down on the cost of Christmas gifts. I have put together a list of ideas. Hopefully, you’ll find something that works for you.
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20 Ways to Try to Distract Yourself From Pain
Everyone needs to be distracted from time to time, whether from illness, what’s going on around them or simply from life itself. Distractions don’t take the problems away, but they might take your mind off whatever is bothering you. When you’re living with pain, learning to distract yourself from it…
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Small Things are Actually Big Things when you Live with Chronic Pain
I mentioned in a previous post that I enjoy life despite pain. But perhaps that gives people the impression that I run marathons, paint the town red and shop till I drop every weekend. But it’s not like that. I do enjoy life, but I enjoy the small things in life. I believe that the small things in life are actually big things, especially when you live with chronic pain.