| So, it seems like your fibromyalgia pain has been | | | | destructive habits of thought. This is why stress |
| around forever, and will be around forever. Let | | | | makes fibromyalgia pain so much worse in the |
| me assure you that you DON'T have to live with | | | | short run, because stress is actually what causes |
| it, that there is a way out, and that it is | | | | it in the first place too. |
| surprisingly simple, and yet totally deceptive at | | | | But you've had a stressful life and you are |
| the same time, because even your doctors don't | | | | currently living in stressful circumstances, so what |
| know about it and aren't doing it. | | | | are you to do? Well, do what you can to alleviate |
| The answer is to first, start feeling better | | | | the stress as much as possible, and start |
| emotionally, and second, to start relaxing | | | | developing a 'relaxing muscle' that you can use to |
| physically. In my experience, fibromyalgia is | | | | keep your stress level down in the middle of a |
| caused by a buildup of stress chemicals in the | | | | stressful circumstance. |
| tissues. So, stop laying down stress chemicals by | | | | Spend the first 15 minutes of every day |
| working yourself into happier emotional states and | | | | breathing deeply and purposefully relaxing all your |
| start a daily practice of stretching and relaxing | | | | muscles so you can develop some body memory |
| and dismissing your worse-feeling thoughts and | | | | that you can turn to when the going gets |
| start clearing stress chemicals with gentle (at | | | | stressful. Start practicing breathing deeply while |
| first) stretches. | | | | you are driving, or washing dishes or having a |
| Fibromyalgia pain is caused by stress chemical | | | | conversation. This practice alone can eliminate the |
| buildup and stress chemical buildup is caused by | | | | release of stress chemicals in your body if you |
| dwelling in 'negative' emotional states, and dwelling | | | | can remember to turn to it at the first sign of |
| in negative emotional states is caused by | | | | the shallow breathing and tense muscles of stress. |