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Learning to Cope with Chronic Pain
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Learning to Cope with Chronic Pain

(And Why I’m Establishing a Home Base)

Legal Nomads, 2016


Editorial Rating

7

Qualities

  • Engaging
  • Inspiring

Recommendation

The theory of hedonic adaptation says that people eventually return to their baseline level of happiness no matter what good or bad things happen to them. Former lawyer and travel blogger Jodi Ettenberg shares how she adapted to life with chronic joint pain and fatigue after getting sick with dengue fever. Her initial resistance to meditation, gratitude and acceptance makes her story relatable. She has since learned it’s best for her health to settle in one place, accept her limits and change her attitude. getAbstract recommends her story to anyone who suffers chronic pain or who wants to understand its effects.

Take-Aways

  • Travel blogger Jodi Ettenberg has suffered from chronic pain and fatigue since she contracted dengue fever in 2013.
  • She came up with a list of changes that have improved her ability to cope her disability.
  • Settling in one place and working on resilience has helped her.

About the Author

Former lawyer Jodi Ettenberg began traveling internationally and writing her blog, Legal Nomads, since 2008.


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