How do I cope with pain?

For a long time I felt as if my pain and sorrow would never pass. My whole world had been turned upside down and I was struggling to come to terms with it all. One of the few friends I had left sent me a text one night, it said “Time heals all wounds”. Well my first instinct was to find him a hit him. What an irritating phrase! But it’s true and it does.

The pain I felt changed me in many ways, it made me find the courage to seek solutions I never would have tried before. I rang friends, I joined an aikido group to make new friends, I went to a councilor and eventually I joined a support group. I dealt with a lot of the problems that had added to me feeling so low. I never would have found any of these qualities if I hadn’t gone through my pain. It took time and it was hard but I came out of it all a stronger person.

The problem you’re dealing with now won’t last forever. No matter how huge it is in your life today, some day it will become a faded memory. You’ll need to find patience but for now, take a look at the new strengths you are developing. Take a look at how you’re standing on your own two feet. It’s ok to feel and express a loss, it’s a strength to do so. It is an amazing quality that you are becoming a person who can accept change.
And when you feel your pain just remember this: This too shall pass.

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