#embracing discomfort | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

harmonyhealinghub · 5 months

Text

Embracing Life with Chronic Pain and Discomfort: A Journey of Resilience

Shaina Tranquilino

December 20, 2023

Living with chronic pain and discomfort can be an incredibly challenging experience, one that affects nearly every aspect of our lives. Whether it stems from a long-term health condition or continues to persist despite medical interventions, the daily battle against pain may seem overwhelming. However, by adopting certain strategies and making necessary adjustments, it is possible to find a renewed sense of hope and live a fulfilling life amidst the struggle. In this blog post, we will explore some practical tips on how to navigate life with chronic pain and discomfort.

1. Educate Yourself:

Knowledge is power when it comes to managing chronic pain conditions. Take the time to research your specific condition, including its causes, symptoms, available treatments, and self-help techniques. Understanding more about your condition will empower you to make informed decisions regarding your healthcare while enabling effective communication with medical professionals.

2. Adopt a Multidisciplinary Approach:

Consulting with various healthcare specialists can provide different perspectives in managing your chronic pain. Consider seeking help from physical therapists, psychologists, nutritionists, and alternative medicine practitioners as part of your overall treatment plan. Different therapies might contribute positively to your well-being by addressing physical limitations, emotional challenges, and dietary concerns.

3. Establish a Support Network:

Living with chronic pain can feel isolating at times; therefore, surrounding yourself with supportive family members, friends, or joining support groups can offer comfort and understanding. Connecting with others who share similar experiences provides an outlet for sharing frustrations and obtaining valuable advice.

4. Prioritize Self-Care:

Self-care activities are crucial for maintaining overall well-being while living with chronic pain. Focus on incorporating practices such as gentle exercises (e.g., swimming or yoga), meditation or mindfulness techniques, adequate sleep routines, proper nutrition, and stress reduction strategies into your daily routine. These lifestyle choices can help minimize pain levels, boost mood, and enhance your quality of life.

5. Pace Yourself:

Accepting that you may need to adjust your daily activities can be challenging but is essential when dealing with chronic pain. Prioritize tasks, delegate responsibilities, and break activities into manageable segments. Practicing pacing ensures that you do not overexert yourself, avoiding exacerbation of symptoms while still accomplishing necessary goals.

6. Embrace Alternative Therapies:

Incorporating alternative therapies such as acupuncture, massage therapy, aromatherapy, or heat/cold treatments into your pain management routine can provide additional relief alongside traditional medical interventions. Experiment with various approaches until you find what works best for you, always in consultation with your healthcare provider.

7. Celebrate Small Victories:

Living with chronic pain means there will inevitably be good days and bad days. Instead of focusing solely on the challenges ahead, celebrate each small victory along the way. Whether it's completing a simple task without excessive discomfort or finding moments of respite from pain through effective coping techniques, acknowledging these triumphs helps maintain a positive mindset.

Living with chronic pain and discomfort is undoubtedly an arduous journey; however, it does not have to define who you are or diminish the joy in your life. By adopting a multidisciplinary approach to treatment, educating yourself about your condition, prioritizing self-care activities and surrounding yourself with a supportive network, you can navigate this path with resilience and hope. Remember that every step forward counts – embrace the journey towards living a fulfilling existence despite chronic pain!

#embracing life with pain #chronic resilience #journey of strength #pain warrior #thriving with discomfort #resilient living #chronic pain journey #life beyond discomfort #courageous living #pain and purpose #embracing discomfort #living with strength #chronic illness resilience #finding joy

4 notes · View notes

ithrivehere · 10 months

Text

https://traffic.libsyn.com/50179fb7-32f2-472d-855e-d5d8fe039122/OM_ITH_TCH_003_The_Conformity_Hazard__Part_3_-_How_To_Leave_Your_Comfort_Zone_Behind_Forever__Steps_10__12.mp3

Hosted By: Certified Master Life Coach T. (Todd) Michael Fairchild Show Notes: In this episode of the podcast, T. Michael Fairchild, MCC discusses the final steps (10-12) to leaving one’s comfort zone and pursuing an extraordinary life. Step 10 – Surviving In The Ordinary Vs. Living The Extraordinary This segment focuses on the difference between living an ordinary life and an extraordinary…

View On WordPress

0 notes

chiropteracupola · 1 year

Text

TWO OF THEM!

#em draws stuff #doctor who #third doctor #second doctor #today we are embracing eye-burning design sensibilities hitherto unseen outside of catboy wednesday #ideally this should be viewed with high screen brightness for maximum retinal discomfort #2023 continues to be the year of letting myself enjoy things. more nonsense forthcoming!#although I'll admit that it took me a full month to finish this mystery box drawing (we're already done with the next section augh)#so I do not exactly know When that nonsense will forthcome. it's Going To but who knows about the timeframe.

489 notes · View notes

vriskaserketdaily · 11 months

Note

why do so many people forget criska is… a little magic fairy… idk it just seems so integral to her character.. fuck ip up tinkerbell !!

except . . . it isnt?

this is a costume. this is a bit. allusions to tinkerbell/the blue fairy only happen when vriska is about to do some massive fuck-up of derring-do (That Scene with tavros, flying off to kill jack & unintentionally leading him to everyone else on the meteor, resulting in the deaths of karkat and terezi) like. fairy vriska is not her primary mode, only the mode that causes the most destruction while technically behaving as though she is acting in the interests of others.

that tendency of hers---ultimately misguided attempts at heroism/"playing the good guy"---is not solely attached to the fairy costume. she does grow beyond it in death, but in life, tinkerbell mode is her "girly hero sona" as opposed to 'mindfang,' her "femme fatale villainous badass" persona. both of them are roles she larps as to enable her to do things ("good" and "bad") that would otherwise be difficult for her to rationalize or act upon. (& both of them embody a gender type that vriska does not truly feel comfortable in---while i do firmly believe that vriska is a girl, i wouldn't say she's a necessarily feminine one, as the clothes she wears to feel safe, comfortable, and confident are not the extremely conventionally feminine clothes she wears (or envisions she wears) for these roles)

again, while this coping mechanism is integral to her character, the fairy costume itself is not. it's a costume.

#vriska serket #mod 8 #daily vriska serket #vriska #daily vriska #homestuck #vriska homestuck #homestuck vriska #sorry im going to hammer this interpretation until im dead & double sorry if i completely misread ur meaning #you know who ELSE embraces a hyperagressive inauthentic brand of femininity as an early teen #to cope with/suppress discomfort around Being A Girl in a cisHETEROnormative society??#[is thrown into the gulag before i can finish that thought]

102 notes · View notes

moe-broey · 2 months

Text

Winter concpets.....

(these first ones are At Least a year old 😭😭😭)

First up, a Winter Sharena concept!

And a little comic about it

The last panel would have been Sharena begging to "steal Alfonse's body warmth" while Alfonse subtly/sarcastically teases her about it, Moe trailing behind them (I lost steam/focus though 🥲)

This was The Year Of Bruno as well, and I was testing out/playing with the scenario presented (From the Tempest Trials and from what Winter Bruno says, it seems Alfonse and Sharena spent the holiday together while the Summoner was spending it with Bruno the Envoy)

(funny aspect of this is I don't even really enjoy "why does so and so call you babygirl" jokes anymore LMFAOOO like. Nothing wrong w em and was a decent set up here, but Moe would Not Fucking Say That skskksk) (also you can Tell this is Early On in Moe's development bc its fangs aren't even piercings 😔)

This year I Did revisit Winter Concepts, espp wanting to redo my Idea of a winter Moe who's helping out Bruno with Envoy Duty

All it needed was to become more of a furry and some loose BDSM gear inspo 👍 I was also thinking about a few different things! Like how Bruno's fit is literally just his regular outfit with some Santa suit on top LMFAO. But I was also thinking about how Moe is probably not meant to be recognized here? If it is hanging out with Bruno? Who is actively avoiding being seen by Alfonse and Sharena? So Moe keeps the shoes/tights, but little else!

Final version would have most closely resembled this one!

And another little comic

Once again I'm parsing how okay well how are they interacting with each other. What's the vibe here?

I wanted to draw a bigger piece of them hanging out, maybe spending the night together by the fire with hot cocoa after a hard day's work (again thinking about how it's implied the summoner spent the holiday separately from Alfonse/Sharena). I may revisit the concept again, I feel like there's a lot of potential story-focused comic wise here.... and a lot of set up for some funny conflict later.

#fire emblem #feh #to elaborate on the babygirl bit like. i think moe's complex relationship w gender and esp #discomfort w being misgendered would play into it avoiding that completely.#it's more likely to (affectionately intricate ritually i see you the way you see me you are me and i am you) call alfonse a faggot.#WITH. permission LMFAOOO #and boundaries. alfonse voice Not beyond closed doors #for me i guess it's the difference between emasculation being a punchline vs celebrating/embracing #complex/nuanced relationships to gender identity/presentation/performance. ect.#it is NOT that deep LMFAOOO it's just how i've come to feel!#anyways i think if i did write a story about spending a night w bruno i think the ONLY way to end it #is to have him gone by morning. i think he has Always done this.#and i think it's fascinating to consider him Still doing this ESP w someone who isn't of askr blood #it is just so deeply fucking ingrained in him.#and i imagine it almost being an odd comfort to alfonse. as well. (upon hearing about it)#moe is a bad liar but if it's Required to keep a secret it will try its absolute damnest to #esp to honor bruno's wishes. i think moe does manage to keep this under wraps for Surprisingly long #which i think sets up ANOTHER really fascinating scenario. where moe IS honest to a fault #but somehow managed to hide something Like That. the sense of shock and betrayal must be INSANE #i do really wanna revisit it someday #fe alfonse #sharena #fe bruno #moe tag #summoner oc #my art #my concepts

13 notes · View notes

projectbatman193 · 4 months

Text

youtube

Very interesting conversation about discipline and doing hard things and the impact that can have in our brains.

#project batman #batman #bruce wayne #martial arts #training #exercise #fitness #work out #discipline #doing hard things #embrace the suck #hardship #seek discomfort #andrew huberman #neuroscience #Youtube

8 notes · View notes

gibsonwitch · 1 year

Text

i am a very feminine lesbian. ive had flirtations with Gender that are more to do with autism than, well, gender, and i feel very euphoric when i am able to dress in a feminine manner. i think this is why i am so incredibly delighted by butches. how wonderful, to experience gender so differently than me! how incredible and beautiful and exciting!

#quiltbag #i keep seeing anti butch bullshit and it makes no sense to me #thats a person who has examined themself inside and out and found something that makes them happy #i dont think cis women who are feminine question themselves enough #and the implication that someone can be a woman without buying into the pageantry is offensive to a lot of women who feel like #theyve struggled to participate in the pageant #and thats cowardly. embrace discomfort. examine your knee jerk responses

26 notes · View notes

aeide-thea · 10 months

Text

oh right i forgot the real reason i stopped listening to broadway clips was that i've got this whole enormous miserable knot in my chest abt having been too socially anxious to do anything with my once-upon-a-time-very-gorgeous voice once i got spat out of the safe little nest of my high school, and like, most of the time i forget that knot even exists, but when i listen to the sort of music i used to be part of making (proper opera but also showtunes) it's like. this whole fast-forward feelings journey thru 'oh right that didn't actually go away, it's still right there in my throat, just calcified' to 'oh okay we tugged the loose end and it's unraveling and actually it was keeping contained a whole rush of tears like aeolus' bag of winds in the odyssey…'

#like i decline 2 actually cry abt it but. sure am on the verge of it lmao. thick sore throat and all #i always forget that when i'm actually happy i sing to myself. it's been a long time since i did that #i mean also a big problem with voice was like. the gender thing #conveniently being a mezzo is ALSO a gender thing which did more work for me than i realized but #was listening to a jeremy jordan medley ft. on the street where you live from my fair lady and had a sudden flashback #to the year i was like 'what if i sang that for our musical theater showcase' and my voice teacher was like. noooo not a Boy Song 4 Girl U!#but i used to sing that to myself all the time. also‚ hilariously‚ the girl that i marry from annie get yr gun #which is just like. literally i still thought i was a straight girl tho. the sheer level of doublethink this required.#what was happening in my brain.#(i mean obviously what was happening in my brain was that like. i knew the limits of acceptability)#(and so i couldn't know anything else abt myself.)#(like i've said this before but i do strongly wonder what else my brain isn't allowing me to know bc i still live with my dad)#(which is like. SO dumb bc honestly i'm not sure there's anything i could do that he'd kick me out/disown me over)#(certainly not anything sexuality or even gender related idt)#(but it's like. i know where the discomfort line is and emotionally i just. can't bear to exile myself out beyond it!)#(even if my doing so might eventually shift the line out to where it embraced me again!)#(sometimes learning yr own deep unacceptability in childhood 4 adhd reasons)#(and also 'yr mother is so depressed nothing you do will ever please her. have fun trying tho!!' reasons)#(makes you just. totally incapable of deliberately rendering yrself less acceptable as an adult even when it would be good for you)#(anyway like. thinking back to the K in old home videos who was like. confident that they were an engaging delight)#(and like. what a charming jeremy jordan of a performer they could have made.)#(if only my whole upbringing hadn't then happened to me and crushed all the unacceptable self-expression out of me.)#anyway. shh don't look at me it's fine! it's all fine. 🫥🫥🫥#formative #feelingsblogging

15 notes · View notes

fatherramiro · 11 months

Text

there is horror discourse happening on twitter and im so annoyed by it all and i’d love to tweet about it but that would break my “no wading into the discourse” rule so im just going to say that while comfort horror makes sense, im finding it baffling that people want “cozy horror,” and this is coming from someone who very much advocates for horror aimed for younger audiences to get them into the genre

#ive been fighting for years to get myself out of the bullshit perfection mindset for writing my original horror #this is not doing wonders for my nerves #horror can be hopeful horror can be aimed for a wider audience #horror can be many things but cozy feels off to me?#because horror is embracing discomfort #which is the opposite of being cozy imo

8 notes · View notes

maddy-ferguson · 2 years

Text

this is my first fandom drama in YEARS i hate to say it but i'm kind of having fun rn

#byler #nothing makes sense anymore i'm embracing it #discomforting synth music intensifies

38 notes · View notes

namitha · 2 years

Text

Please, just show yourself some grace, just show up. Because life gets hard and people leave, but you will always have yourself. You will always be your own home.🍀

.

#blanca sparacino #learn how to be with yourself fully..💚💚#without reservation or discomfort #embrace your flaws #self care #self-love #mental health awareness #photograph via pinterest

46 notes · View notes

simpleman193 · 2 years

Text

Not for everyone.

20 notes · View notes

dreamingquinn · 11 months

Text

My 30s seem to be when I've actually been able to find myself. Not like, 'uwu so healing and soft' find myself. I mean bloody knuckles in the dirt, digging out the corpse of who I want to be to shake my own skull and spine at the thundering sky and scream 'I WILL NO LONGER BE COMPLACENT IN THE PAIN OF EVERYTHING I LOVE' kind of find myself.

Be the monster the world tried to shame out of existence.

#quinn's talking again #I should make this a comic #I just need to make more comics #I'm not saying don't be kind #I'm only here because I found real friends who lift me up and let me lift them up #and a partner who adores me and loves me adoring them #I'm saying to shake shame and embrace discomfort #also to punch every nazi you meet

2 notes · View notes

zaneaquaman · 1 year

Text

Safety is Terrifying

People believe safety is comfortable, but I believe safety is terrifying. Safety is an idea that society has created to lie to us, to tell us that we are protected, when in reality, we are all exposed constantly to dangers that some may not even realize they are exposed to. When you walk outside, what’s to keep someone from running you over with their car? I’d be lying if I said I never considered, either for a brief moment or a lengthier time as my car rolled forward toward the person walking across the street naively, running that person over with my car just to see what would happen. When you eat dinner, what is to stop another from grabbing a knife and hacking away at you? How violent, you think, but have you never had even the slightest momentary thought where you pictured hurting someone?

What I find fascinating is that a grand majority of us do nothing about these ideas. Whether to avoid punishment by law or stick with our morals, we do not hurt each other, yet we fantasize about it quite often. Movies, television, books, and newspapers contain a large amount of violence daily, yet we don’t give in to the vicious cycle that society (consciously or unconsciously) promotes. More than that, we believe we are safe all the time.

I hate feeling safe. To feel safe is to be placated in a way that leaves you unprepared for the unexpected, leaving you vulnerable to being caught off-guard and susceptible to more harm. Safety goes beyond the discussion of the possibility of violence, however. Nowadays, feeling safe in certain ideas causes more harm than explicit violent acts do.

Would you like an example? Because I am not cisgender, I have been told that “no one would love me” by one of my parents. They may not have physically hurt me, but to this day, I still feel my heart being ripped out of my chest whenever I recall them saying those words to me. I wanted to take my life not long after, one of the main reasons being I believed I would forever be unloved and alone because of what they said. No one prepared me for my parent to say that to my face in the middle of the day on a pleasant weekend day, but because I was so shocked out of my safety zone by that one event, I don’t think anyone could ever hurt my feelings or pride when it comes to that subject. Nothing anyone says could compare to hearing those words come out of my parent’s mouth. I won’t lull myself into that feeling of safety, but that doesn’t mean I won’t live my best life and be my authentic self. It simply means I’ve formed a barrier that no insults can cut through, and no violence toward me could make me regret who I am.

The parent that said that to me denies having said it, which is outrageous in my mind and yet also makes more sense than anything else. Why? Because they feel safe in their belief that they would never say something so cruel to their child, so much so that they completely blocked out that memory and believe it never happened. It’s a form of gaslighting in a way, mostly unconsciously toward me since they assure me they never said those heartbreaking words to me, but also it’s gaslighting themselves since they are distorting their memories because they do not know what to do to face up to the reality that they said that. They can’t imagine themselves saying that, so they deny that it happened. Unfortunately, it matches my parent’s personality completely to gaslight themselves into believing they did nothing wrong and lull themselves into that feeling of safety towards themselves. It’s easier for them to pretend it didn’t happen than to have to deal with the consequences of their actions.

“The axe forgets what the tree remembers” is an African proverb that fits this scenario exactly.

Suppose we fall into the idea of safety where we think we are safe from others but also that we are safe ourselves. In that case, we end up being unable to face the dark reality that we are all flawed, but even more so, we are left unable to correct ourselves for our wrong behavior and beliefs.

I come from a family line where their beliefs are against my own, and I hate listening to them talk about theirs at the dinner table because they do not realize how offensive everything they say is. All of my family members would deny being racist, xenophobic, and sexist. A few would deny being homophobic. Maybe one or two would deny being transphobic. They believe they are safe and right in their thinking, when really, they all have hurtful, offensive thoughts toward groups of people that only contribute to all the downfalls in society. It’s almost hilarious to me how not a single one of them sees it.

All we have to do is embrace that which is not traditionally “safe” in our minds, and suddenly all aspects of the world are shown to us in all of their glory. While you might feel safe sticking with a single idea, it could be hurting others. So embrace the unknown. You don’t understand something? Good, that’s the perfect opportunity to learn more about it and make judgments once you are fully informed. Just because you are informed doesn’t mean you can be content with being safe, however. If new information comes along that shocks you out of your bones, don’t push it away. Find out more. Walk into the unknown and unsafe even if it feels uncomfortable or scary.

The reality is you are never safe, you just feel comfortable so you believe you are. It is the feeling of being comfortable and safe that prevents change. No one would evolve and become better people if they did not step out of their comfort zones every once and a while. You can’t make progress by staying in the same place.

Safety is terrifying because it means everything will stay the same, and thus nothing will get better. It’s a false feeling―a lie―that convinces you to do nothing because nothing bad will happen to you.

#safety #uncomfortable #embrace discomfort #embrace it #lgbtq #transgender #transgender health #trans struggles #psychology #psychological #my theory #my thinking #my thoughts

7 notes · View notes

lesbian-helen-gansey · 2 years

Text

every day i wake up and ask “how can I defy the horrible and restrictive beauty standards placed on women and reclaim my personhood?” And I encourage everyone to do the same.

#deconstructing how we’re taught to see and think about our bodies is very psychologically difficult #and requires pushing back on how you’ve been conditioned to think your whole life #but it is infinitely rewarding #women are taught to feel shame about our bodies #and there’s so much power in refusing to do that #when I was in high school I used to shave my arms because i was so embarrassed about my arm hair #and i know for me that that level of mental focus on an insecurity only led to me being more insecure about it #I felt “better in the moment bc I’d temporarily removed my insecurity #but overall I actually felt less self-assured and less comfortable in my body #these kinds of rituals disconnect us from our bodies and can become dehumanizing and lead to self-objectification #which is bad for mental health #embracing my body hair has made me feel truly at peace with my body #my body hair is sign that my endocrine system is working #my body’s job is to keep me alive #I am not an object #and it’s taken a ton of discomfort and introspection to get to this place #and it’s very much still an ongoing process #anyway that’s my feminist rant for today #take back your body!!#also everyone pls share how you take back your body and refuse to feel shame

18 notes · View notes