Understanding pain is trickier than we might think.
My ‘light blub moment’ was half-way through reading Painful Yarns: Metaphors and Stories to Help Understand the Biology of Pain.
Essential reading for people struggling with chronic pain, their families and their doctors!
Then, if you are feeling brave, have a read of Explain Pain by David Butler and Lorimer Moseley.
If you are just keen to get on with some very practical suggestions for recovery, sharpen your pencils and get stuck into The Explain Pain Handbook by David and Lorimer.
Discuss your ‘DIMs’ and ‘SIMs’ with your doctor, your physio and your psychologist.
Don’t know what a DIM is?
Well, you’ll have to read the book to find out…
Related:
The Talking Cure by Professor Gillian Straker and Dr Jacqui Winship
The Examined Life: How We Lose and Find Ourselves by Stephen Grosz
The Joy of Sex by Dr Alan Comfort
Where Did My Libido Go? by Dr Rosie King
The Complete A to Z for Your V by Alyssa Dweck and Robin Westin
She Said, She Said by Anne M Reid
Let's Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson
Women's Stuff by Kaz Cooke
The School of Life: An Emotional Education by The School of Life
The Danish Girl by David Ebershoff
The Gift of Therapy by Irvin D. Yalom
Mating in Captivity: Unlocking Erotic Intelligence by Esther Perel
