Oops, again..

Point was...

I'm always thinking this next thing is going to be THe thing..

Know what I mean?

Is it possible to live with Chronic Pain and have happiness?
That's the question?

I hate DS.

I didn't send either of those.

Hugs to all..jc

I think yes on happiness. It is a choice we make. Pain we don't choose. This is so not fair. We can get angry about it hold on to that.
We also can choose to find a healthy outlet for the anger and move on to another level. Is that happiness with chronic pain?

love and peace


hippy

I don't know if I can find happiness. I think it goes by a case by case basis. Maybe down the road I will find happiness. But none for me right now. I wish it for others and at times it may seem as though I have happiness, but truth be told, I do not. I am just trying to "fake it til I make it!"

Sad huh?

Jenna

I'm happy to hear you are on new meds that seem to be working, jc. Some of those drosy effects may go away after you've been on the new med for a while.

Happiness, for me, has always been so elusive. I find I have to have acceptance first and happiness follows. I don't know.

Good post.

I thank god for my husband n two sons, without them happiness would be hard, i already have anxiety n depression (which meds help control) but the pain is always there trying to weigh u down, oh well xoxo michelle

This is a subject that is really close to my heart. I DO know that no matter what is going on in my life that I can choose to be happy.

We all suffer from many different types of pain and sorrow. We did not choose these daily struggles but we can choose how we react to them.

I always say to myself that I can either sit and complain about all of the terrible things in my life that I have to endure day after day and have it cause me and my family depression or.... I can choose to be happy and except that this is the life that God has given me for some reason and I want to choose to be happy and grateful for everything good in my life.

It doesn't hurt to try to live happy. Its all in OUR attitude. And when I am happy my whole family is happy!!!

Don't get me wrong, there are days that can't help but bring up the feeling of why me..... but I get rid of them as fast as I can. Just put a smile on my face and then just see what happens,

Take care my friends and gentle hugs,
Cindi

Love this topic, thanks for bring it up, and everyone has some great points..
Are we talking about Happiness or Depression.. i think full heartedly that CP, and depression go hand in hand, and if you have problems with depression before the pain struck your life, then your getting a double whammy.. if your not prone to depression in your life prior to CP, then i believe once the pain is under some kind of control, your depression will ease as well...
As far as happiness goes, its hard to be happy when in such horrible day after day pain, which brings me right back to the big D-depression.. to me i think they are the same thing...
thanks for posting..~stinke~

i think, jc, that before CP we live by weeks, months, years having our good and bad times, but with CP life starts being broken down into moments...the tiniest fragments of time. we can be smiling in relief and have moments of happiness, then, poof, it can be gone when pain is just there.
like everything else, when we age or have a life change of any sort, we have to re-define concepts like happiness, contentment, life in general.
that and a dollar will get you a cup of coffee.

i believe it is my choice,my responility to choose happiness in any and each situation that i find myself in.there are many times i have wished that someone could throw buckets of happiness inmy life.but i believe that happinessis someting that we have to make happen for us.attitude,negative thoughts,self esteem has a great deal tobeing happy.either we have happiness and can pass it on,or we are not happy.we as individuals choose whether we are going to live a happy life or a defeated life.maddie.

I believe what someone else said, happiness is a choice so to say. My happiness isn't based on being pain free or the money in my pocket or the mood my wife is in or any outside factor like it used to be it's base on the fact i know i'm lucky to be alive and gratefull for what i do have in life. Jenna i'm sorry your life sucks now, you'll be in my prayers. I understand hopelessness, i attempted suicide 3x in the 1980's and it helped me realize nothing is worth dying over and even tho life sucks at times , there is always someone who has it worse than me.Mikey

I find happiness in the smallest of moments and I treat them like snapshots of a photo in my memory.

In the grocery store, the baby in the carraige in line in front of me; the look of softness of an infants cheeks and the wonder of the tiny little hands and the crystal clear eyes. Going outside, the white billowy clouds rolling across deep blue skies and collecting against snowcapped mountains. Looking down, I notice the amazing beautiful perfection and colour in a single flower.

I find happiness by going outside of myself and being in the moment, but it is not always easy to do. I have to keep reminding myself to do it. To keep expereincing the miracles around me. Some days I can't seem to do it at all.

That is why I love to garden and to paint. I have to sometimes force myself to get there, but once I'm there I can push the pain to take a back seat to what I am experiencing. Some days I will "pay for it" and make the migraine worse, but I figure that it was worth it.