tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27254015.post2487220878457076569..comments2024-03-09T10:15:11.266+13:00Comments on Unravelling: Fat, Bad, and UnfocusedMeghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01350447919000146804noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27254015.post-14292177426801266992010-04-27T09:40:58.612+12:002010-04-27T09:40:58.612+12:00And by the way, pain, perception, and the not-exac...And by the way, pain, perception, and the not-exactly-occasional hypochondriac in the mix. I think that's been my life for most of April.Meghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01350447919000146804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27254015.post-73617386403786801672010-04-27T09:39:17.468+12:002010-04-27T09:39:17.468+12:00Listening to the body - that's something I'...Listening to the body - that's something I've been trying to do for the last few years. When I started to go the gym in Jan 2006, my arm hurt, and my natural instinct was to work it harder, and I had tendinitis that lasted me around 6 months. <br /><br />Listening to the head, that's really difficult, because I have so many different opinions inside my head and a lifetime of being trained to work harder is, well, hard to beat. But I think I might be getting better, in as much as I haven't got the physical stamina to do everything the hardworking voice tells me to. <br /><br />Currently my hip seems to be telling me two things - I should have gone to a different physiotherapist after my fall in 2006, and that I should spend far less time sitting down and more moving around, because it's worst on the office chair. <br /><br />I'm fine rushing around doing housework of most kinds, or walking around town. And i think I've decided that's one direction I will be able to find inspiration and other work-related goodies. <br /><br />And I'm keeping my fingers and toes crossed.Meghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01350447919000146804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27254015.post-76016355888101391392010-04-27T04:01:25.521+12:002010-04-27T04:01:25.521+12:00Sorry if I confused you! Does it help that I'...Sorry if I confused you! Does it help that I'm rather confused too? No expert (yikes, who would want to be an expert in pain), but the way I see it is, pain is perception on the one hand, and on the other it is the body's alarm system to tell you something is wrong. I don't figure I'm missing much by missing the pure perception of pain (though it does come out other ways, like the brain stuff), but I do think I'm missing something when the early warning alarm system isn't functioning quite right. Even little pains can have a lot to say that will be helpful in the long run, if I listen. Like, if I had been listening better, I would have heard "no more yoga for now, and don't let the chiropractor adjust your SI joint directly" sooner. Or when it said, "GET A NEW PILLOW" I'd have jumped to it!<br /><br />Well, that was a blather. I hope you don't mind. I'll just cap it by saying, I feel for you, and don't worry too much about the possibly-invisible pain, just do what seems kind to your body. The Bowen technique sounds like a really good direction.<br /><br />I have had gentle therapeutic massages, and they are informative, in terms of clearing away pain-perception blocks. That's one of the ways I figured out how much blocking I do, in fact. I always hurt ten times more after a massage than I did before!Trapuntohttp://trapunto.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27254015.post-3592940384282839582010-04-25T07:55:34.258+12:002010-04-25T07:55:34.258+12:00I'm not sure if I really have a pain, though, ...I'm not sure if I really have a pain, though, or is that really bad, Trapunto? And if I do, I don't think it's a seriously bad one. Oh, now I'm really confused.Meghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01350447919000146804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27254015.post-12272009262786799602010-04-25T04:08:44.288+12:002010-04-25T04:08:44.288+12:00I wish you well. Sounds a bit like me. Sometimes...I wish you well. Sounds a bit like me. Sometimes that niggling pain-that-you-don't-necessarily-feel-as-pain is the culprit. I've had times when my back and neck improved, and the brain stuff just evaporated and I was back on track. Pain--or unconsciously blocking it, in order to function--can be really distracting.Trapuntohttp://trapunto.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27254015.post-35034523560901906162010-04-24T09:59:10.147+12:002010-04-24T09:59:10.147+12:00Going with it is about all I can do at this point,...Going with it is about all I can do at this point, but I'm glad you endorse it, Connie. I mean, what else can I do? I certainly don't have the energy to fight it! <br /><br />The cake was great. And today, it's harder, because of the amount of choc I put in! But yummy, still.Meghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01350447919000146804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27254015.post-87543595805367966172010-04-24T02:05:36.407+12:002010-04-24T02:05:36.407+12:00Sounds like you're in a reasonably good place ...Sounds like you're in a reasonably good place with the apparent reordering/restructuring taking place inside you. Just go with it, that's about all you can do. I know the feeling, happens to me sometimes as well, and I think it IS about things shuffling inside -- the way we look at things, the way we process things, the way we are with ourselves. <br />That cake looks divine -- save me a piece, and the hell with diets!Cate Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04079028386218370915noreply@blogger.com