Below are resources in support of my new book, Chronic Pain Recovery: A Practical Guide to Putting Your Life Back Together After Everything Has Fallen Apart. If you have chronic pain, hopefully one or more of these things will help you on your recovery journey.
Downloads
- Chronic Pain Recovery table of contents.
- Introduction to Chronic Pain Recovery.
- Q&A with Chronic Pain Recovery author Jen Kane.
- Doctor Visit Checklist
- Toolkit Worksheets
- Distorted Thoughts Worksheet
More posts about pain
If you’d like to read other things I’ve written about chronic pain, check out my blog posts on Medium.
- Chronic Pain is a Form of Torture
- In Praise of Crazy, Bitchy Women in Pain
- How to Tame Pain’s Voice in Your Head
- Are You Ready for the Opioid Apacolypse?
- This is Why We Have An Opioid Epidemic
- Chronic Pain Survival Skills
- Pot for Pain? Not in Minnesota
- The First Step in Healing Chronic Pain
- Fighting Big Pain? Start small.
- Three Fundamental Truths About Chronic Pain
- Why People in Pain Need An Opioid Safety Net
- What Chronic Pain Has Taught Me About Social Media
- How to Let Go of Pain and Accept the Stuff That Sucks
- How to Pull Yourself Together When Everything Falls Apart
- My Beautiful Pain-Filled Life
- My Christmas Inside the Eye of the Tiger
- The Bottom: Suicidal’s Sister State
Inspirational movies
Following are some common movie tropes you might find inspirational and a few movies that fit that model. Check them out if you need a pick-me-up.
Person is born with a challenge, overcomes it, and goes on to do great things: Forrest Gump, My Left Foot, Mask, Simon Birch, Powder, The Theory of Everything
Something bad happens to an ordinary person, they overcome it, and go on to do great things: Soul Surfer, Robocop, Born on the 4th of July, GI Jane, Rust and Bone, Ice Castles
Something bad happens to an ordinary person, they overcome it, and go back and kick someone’s ass as payback: Enough, Kill Bill, Hard to Kill, Darkman
A hero suffers a huge medical setback, which he/she overcomes and then goes on to do great things: Empire Strikes Back/Return of the Jedi, The Dark Knight Rises, Rocky, Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story
Ordinary people find themselves in a bad situation, but find a way to survive: Alive, Unbroken, Lone Survivor, 127 Hours, Rescue Dawn, Cast Away
Everyone gets killed except for one final girl who fights back: You’re Next, Scream, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, A Nightmare of Elm Street, Aliens, Halloween
Got suggestions of films to add to this list? Email me!