Acceptance & Willingness
Learning to make room for pain takes practice
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Learning to make room for pain takes practice
This recording can be used when you notice yourself struggling with your pain. Before listening to the recording, we suggest that you rate how much you are struggling with your pain and how much you are able to make room for your pain. When you have finished listening to the recording, you can then complete these ratings again – you may find that after listening to the recording the ratings you give to your struggle with pain and your ability to make room for it have changed.
Please try to notice how it feels to be in control of your response. Notice how it feels different to struggle with pain versus allowing it to be there. You cannot control your pain but you can control your willingness to allow your pain to be present. Notice how struggling with pain feels different to allowing it to be there. Choosing to make room for your pain can help to put you in control of your life. When you spend less time trying to control your pain, you can focus on other parts of your life.
Going forward, we ask you to notice whether you are struggling with your pain or if you are making room for it. We recommend that you aim to increase the amount of time each day you choose to make room for your pain. You can use this exercise to help you to achieve that. With practice, you will learn that one way to manage your pain is to simply allow it to be there.
Please rate how much you are struggling with your pain and how much you are able to make room for your pain.