Comments on: Grief and Loss Impact Chronic Pain Management http://www.addiction-free.com/blog/grief-and-loss-impact-chronic-pain-management/ Chronic Pain Solutions Thu, 17 May 2012 19:51:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Vonnie Swiler http://www.addiction-free.com/blog/grief-and-loss-impact-chronic-pain-management/#comment-38099 Vonnie Swiler Sat, 29 May 2010 17:56:12 +0000 http://www.addiction-free.com/blog/grief-and-loss-impact-chronic-pain-management/#comment-38099 Nice post. I like your blog. Nice post. I like your blog.

]]> By: Phyllis Klein http://www.addiction-free.com/blog/grief-and-loss-impact-chronic-pain-management/#comment-162 Phyllis Klein Sat, 03 May 2008 23:10:55 +0000 http://www.addiction-free.com/blog/grief-and-loss-impact-chronic-pain-management/#comment-162 Thanks for your helpful comments about the grief process for chronic pain and disability. I like very much your final stage: Reintegration. As a therapist I have certainly known people who have made it to this stage--it is a deeper level of acceptance perhaps in a spiritual context. The thing about physical illness is that it does force a response, and the hoped-for choice is to let the illness help you grow. "Normal health" is something so easy to take for granted when it is present. As you say, it is easy to get stuck in denial, anger, and depression. Thanks for your example of hope and reminder that emotional healing can help when physical healing is not completely possible. Thanks for your helpful comments about the grief process for chronic pain and disability. I like very much your final stage: Reintegration. As a therapist I have certainly known people who have made it to this stage–it is a deeper level of acceptance perhaps in a spiritual context. The thing about physical illness is that it does force a response, and the hoped-for choice is to let the illness help you grow. “Normal health” is something so easy to take for granted when it is present. As you say, it is easy to get stuck in denial, anger, and depression. Thanks for your example of hope and reminder that emotional healing can help when physical healing is not completely possible.

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