I'll go to the garage and crank my guitar up and scream into the mic and that really helps me escape the pain for awile. I like video games too but I have a hard time sitting for very long. I enjoy the Fallout games because it lets me inflict all the pain I feel on others. That's probably a little sick but it does give me a release from my pain and frustration.

Take a walk, read and watch movies.

I get online and talk to others. Unfortunately, there is always someone worse off then me (poor things) and that changes my tune ALOT.

I also like to play solitaire on the computer, crochet and take a nap !

I had been doing some price comparisons between e-books, and I like the Kindle. When I spoke with my grown daughter on the phone last night (she lives in another state), I asked her opinion about the Kindle, and she kind of hesitated and asked me why. Apparently, she has already bought me one for Xmas. She said she got me a lightweight model since I have arthritis in my hands. I haven't been reading as much as I once did because I also have macular degeneration, and one nice feature about the Kindle is you can increase the font size of the text. There are also free books that you can download, as well as newspapers and magazines. I'm really looking forward to Xmas and being able to get back into reading more.

To do anything that helps you not focus on your pain is great. Everyone of us are different in what helps us do this.
I will go from reading to watching mindless TV to enjoy watching my two cats play also.
I'm alone a lot so it's hard for me to get out. I am happy when a good friend has time to stop over and visit.
I also get online and feel that by helping others, it helps me also. I've been in support groups for a while now but switched from the one who needs a lot of support to one that just wants to help others and due to my spiritual beliefs, I feel that God gave me a new purpose out of all this pain.
We all have gifts and need to use them to the best of our abilities. Many things I just can't do anymore but I also love to write poetry.
Anything to get our minds off of the pain even if it's only for a short time.

I work (mostly necessity, not pain avoidance) a lot, swim, use the jacuzzi, walk, do yoga, read, write, surf the net, listen to music, go to concerts, hang with friends and hubby and dog(s)...

i read and also try to take walks when i can and also play online bowling game and i listen to musie to how ever you spell it and watching movies to

i also like to play with my dog when i am up to it

Someone recently told me (i thought they were nuts at first but i tried it anyway) to focouse on the pain for a few minutes and to my surprize it takes the pain away for me. Crazy how that works? Just for a few minutes. Just sit with it and accept it for a minute. Thats what helps me.

Also to take my mind off of it. I play with the kids, (it ususally cheers me up) come here to DS and talk about it, help others on DS, help my sick friends that are not on DS, talk to my shrink, do yoga, read, watch sit coms. And when its really bad i lay in bed and get really warm and do my relaxation tenniques untill i can fall asleep. Your not in pain while your sleeping. I nap when my 2 year old naps alot of the time and pace myself

I feel best laying on my side or stomach so play BOOKWORM. Google it. It's a word game like scrabble but more fun. You know by moving the mouse if it makes a word or not. And burning tiles will try to get to the bottom and burn your library up/you lose. So you have to make words with those quick. My husband and I sometimes play together...we'll help each other find words. Sounds sedating but well not like I can go running so we have to do what we can.

I like to read books or play Facebook games on the computer. As long as I am reclining slightly with my heating pad on it is bearable for awhile. I also play board-type games with my son. I take the dog on short walks which helps us both. I take a water aerobics class at my gym which is a do at your own level. The class is made up of seniors and those with physical difficulties. Doing that and talking with my classmates helps a lot to take my mind off the pain.

I read, I watch t.v, I play suduko.

I go out to the barn and be with the horses. sometimes riding or just grooming, them. they have always been my zen

I read or go shopping online...at least I see what is on sale for that week & where. I also like to talk to my friends from back home. I moved to Chicago when I got married & never really made any new close friends here. Plus..my kids get home from school at 3:30PM & then there is homework & activities.
-Jennifer

I also cross stitch, and I go through reading spurts and right now I am in one and for some reason it is true crime that I am reading.
I find that I am in pain weather I do anything or not and sometimes just getting my mind off of it will help. I love to sew and quilt so I guess I am pretty crafty. When I went on disability I put together a craft room and it is right of from the living room so it is nice and I dont have to go downstairs to do things. I just turned a room down there and put my son in it and since he is a teenager now he did not mind the privacy.