by PainDoc » Fri Mar 20, 2009 1:00 pm
My sincere sympathy, I know what that's like (dealing with it right now). Time is the only thing that helps. The length of time usually depends on how serious things were, how long it lasted, etc. One bit of advice - it won't get better all of a sudden; instead the times you hurt and the severety will become less intense, allowing more time between the hurt. Watch for how quickly you start to go for longer periods or experience less hurt. This happens before you get better, but you will know that you ARE going to be ok, eventually. Unfortunately, the exact time it takes is too involved to say; you will have times when you feel terrible, but those will become less frequent, and eventually you will be more or less ok. Try to stay active, and do things to keep you busy. The less you think about it in negative analytical ways ("I'm wrong" "their wrong" "its all because of xxxxx" and similar obsessions), and the more you only think about it in short bursts to allow yourself to move on, the easier it will be...