The Cure for My Chronic Pain Was Mindblowing | Michelle Kraaij
Michelle developed severe chronic pain at age 8 after a soccer injury, and it spread and persisted for 15 years despite more than 30 doctors and many treatments. Her pain began to diminish when she started writing honestly about her experience, and after learning about mind-body approaches and doing emotional work, she trained gradually and ran a half marathon pain-free one year later. She reports being chronic pain-free for four years, with old flare-ups no longer occurring. Her story shows that pain lasting many years can still fully resolve.