#92: Ouch

While unloading the dishwasher the other day, I strained a muscle in my neck.

This injury is just one link in a chain of neck pain over the last few months.

When something isn’t right in my body, I often find myself chastising my past self for not appreciating comfort and mobility more while I had it.

The same happens when I feel depressed.

This, of course, is an extremely unhelpful mode of thinking. If anything, it just leaves me feeling worse.

I want to employ a new approach through these tough moments. I want to look forward instead of back.

Often this means feeling whatever frustration comes with pain (both physical and mental).

And then moving toward ways to care for myself.

I’ve thought about my neck so much over the past few days that the word “neck” now sounds weird to me, like it isn’t a word at all.

Anyway. Thanks (as always) for reading!