Living in pain can be one of the most challenging things you will ever have to endure in your life. Chronic pain is relentless, unforgiving, and exhausting and is mostly invisible to others. Beginning with a discussion of the ways in which chronic pain is experienced differently from short-term pain, this book offers useful suggestions for approaches to pain management and pain relief appropriate for anyone experiencing pain from surgery, fibromyalgia, thoracic outlet syndrome, arthritis, cancer, back pain, or other chronically painful conditions. Succinct, clear, and easily accessible to readers in pain, the book includes 21 practical tips for creating more ease, comfort, and resilience. Updated 2017. This unique book helped me relax and not fear pain as much as I did before. - Daisy S., Amazon Reviewer Chapters: Why Am I Still Hurting?, Defining Chronic Pain, How Chronic Pain Is Different From Short Term Pain, Should We Change Our Approach to Healing?, Ending Pain Is Not Always The Beginning, Nine Approaches to Managing Chronic Pain, and Twelve More Ways to Make Life Easier Today. Sarah Anne Shockley has lived with debilitating nerve pain from a particularly severe form of thoracic outlet syndrome since 2007, and is also the author of The Pain Companion: Everyday Wisdom for Living With and Moving Beyond Chronic Pain. She writes The Pain Companion Blog and The Pain Companion Oasis at www.thepaincompanion.com. The best purchase I have made in awhile…I highly recommend this book. - E. Bramlet, Amazon Reader