Tag: Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT)

To Be Healed Does Not Equal Cured

To be healed does not equal to be cured when you have chronic pain because the chronic pain is persistent, incurable, and permanent. But who doesn’t want to be free of all symptoms of a disease or a condition? How much has it cost… Continue Reading “To Be Healed Does Not Equal Cured”

Is Your Chronic Pain Permanent and Incurable?

Permanent and incurable

“Can you accept that your pain is permanent and incurable?” asked my Acceptance and Commitment therapist during our second session. Permanent and incurable? I felt the question in my gut. Heavy. Weighty. Dark. Sticky. As if a shadow had run across my whole being… Continue Reading “Is Your Chronic Pain Permanent and Incurable?”