This is why I stopped taking pain meds

We all tend to numb/avoid pain, that's normal. But, the more we numb the stuff we don't want to feel, we also deaden the stuff we do want to feel. Numbing - even through seemingly innocuous behaviors like too much screen time, never slowing down to discover the peace and joy in stillness, or eating junk - is a "freeze" response. Freeze is a function of "survival mode." And if survival mode is activated too often for too long, it is the origin of all disease and suffering. So, this is why I chose to stop taking pain medicine before I stopped feeling pain:

The Survival Mode being "on" too much, too often, for too long is the root of all suffering and disease.

Survival Mode is the "default" we are all born with, but we can upgrade to "Thriving Mode" if we know how.

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Michael Boyle LMFT, CDBT

Speaker, Author, Therapist, Coach

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in New Mexico & Massachusetts
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