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TygrBright

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4. Thank you for the kind words & good wishes.

Reply to pnwmom (Reply #1)

Mon Mar 23, 2015, 04:39 PM

Mar 2015

There was a theologian (not sure what denomination) who wrote a paper called "The Comfort Trap" that wasn't so much about the value of suffering, as about the problems connected with insulating ourselves from the negative experiences of others.

A slightly different perspective, but this is giving me new understanding of what that means, too.

appreciatively,
Bright

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Thank you for this beautiful, thoughtful piece, TygrBright. pnwmom Mar 2015 #1

Thank you for the kind words & good wishes. TygrBright Mar 2015 #4

Most of the people I know who have chronic pain are far from irritable. KamaAina Mar 2015 #2

I prefer to think it's good coping mechanisms. TygrBright Mar 2015 #5

I had a similar experience of being temporarily disabled, Ms. Toad Mar 2015 #3

Thank you for linking to the Spoon Theory! TygrBright Mar 2015 #6

Into my third month of physical therapy right now, with another to go- hang in there! we can do it Mar 2015 #7

Thank you! TygrBright Mar 2015 #8

Poor you! we can do it Mar 2015 #9

I've been there three times in my life, twice more or less invisible and once a badly broken leg Fumesucker Mar 2015 #10

Thanks! Might well have been the same condition. TygrBright Mar 2015 #11

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