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Plans for How to Cope with Pain

December 12th, 2016 · 6 Comments

Hello my dear readers, After 10 years here at How to Cope with Pain, I will finish writing this month.  This website and blog will continue to be available to you for reference.  To help with that, I’ve reorganized the whole website and blog so the articles are easily accessible.  I hope you’ll return often, […]

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Increase Your Happiness: Use Your Strengths

November 28th, 2016 · Comments Off on Increase Your Happiness: Use Your Strengths

This article is in our series about increasing happiness and life satisfaction.  Many people with chronic pain can’t decrease their pain.  So another way to live a more enjoyable and fulfilling life – perhaps even more important – is to increase the positive.  That’s what we’ll look at in this series. Let’s look at the other big component of happiness:  life satisfaction and meaning. […]

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How to Get Even More Enjoyment!

November 21st, 2016 · Comments Off on How to Get Even More Enjoyment!

This article is in our series about increasing happiness and life satisfaction.  Many people with chronic pain can’t decrease their pain.  So another way to live a more enjoyable and fulfilling life – perhaps even more important – is to increase the positive.  That’s what we’ll look at in this series. Let’s look at ways to increase our enjoyment of pleasures: vary your pleasure […]

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Pain Management Class: Breathing Exercises Part 1

November 19th, 2016 · Comments Off on Pain Management Class: Breathing Exercises Part 1

This article is in our series featuring pain management techniques to help you decrease and cope with pain.  It’s your at-home pain management class! The first skills that I teach patients are relaxed breathing exercises. These help you reduce pain by helping you relax. Here are 2 for you to try: Breathing #1 Breathing #2 […]

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Increase Your Happiness: Pleasure

November 14th, 2016 · Comments Off on Increase Your Happiness: Pleasure

This article is in our series about increasing happiness and life satisfaction.  Many people with chronic pain can’t decrease their pain.  So another way to live a more enjoyable and fulfilling life – perhaps even more important – is to increase the positive.  That’s what we’ll look at in this series. Let’s look at pleasurures. Pleasures are positive, enjoyable experiences.  Pleasures create immediate happiness and […]

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Increase Your Happiness: Hope

November 7th, 2016 · Comments Off on Increase Your Happiness: Hope

This article is in our series about increasing happiness and life satisfaction.  Many people with chronic pain can’t decrease their pain.  So another way to live a more enjoyable and fulfilling life – perhaps even more important – is to increase the positive.  That’s what we’ll look at in this series. Let’s look at hope. To be more hopeful, we can learn to recognize […]

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Increase Your Happiness – Optimism Examples

October 31st, 2016 · Comments Off on Increase Your Happiness – Optimism Examples

This article is in our series about increasing happiness and life satisfaction.  Many people with chronic pain can’t decrease their pain.  So another way to live a more enjoyable and fulfilling life – perhaps even more important – is to increase the positive.  That’s what we’ll look at in this series. Let’s look at some optimism examples, using optimism to increase happiness. Optimists believe there […]

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Increase Your Happiness – Optimism

October 24th, 2016 · Comments Off on Increase Your Happiness – Optimism

This article is in our series about increasing happiness and life satisfaction.  Many people with chronic pain can’t decrease their pain.  So another way to live a more enjoyable and fulfilling life – perhaps even more important – is to increase the positive.  That’s what we’ll look at in this series. Let’s look at optimism. Optimism about the future hinges on what’s called our […]

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Increase Your Happiness – Learn to Forgive

October 17th, 2016 · Comments Off on Increase Your Happiness – Learn to Forgive

This article is in our series about increasing happiness and life satisfaction.  Many people with chronic pain can’t decrease their pain.  So another way to live a more enjoyable and fulfilling life – perhaps even more important – is to increase the positive.  That’s what we’ll be looking at in this series. Let’s  look at forgiving and forgetting your past.   We’re often mulling over […]

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Increase Your Happiness: Look for the Positive

October 10th, 2016 · Comments Off on Increase Your Happiness: Look for the Positive

This article is in our series about increasing happiness and life satisfaction.  Many people with chronic pain can’t decrease their pain.  So another way to live a more enjoyable and fulfilling life – perhaps even more important – is to increase the positive.  That’s what we’ll be looking at in this series. Let’s look at increasing positive emotions by looking for the positive in any […]

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