Have You Ever Felt Hopeless About Your Pain?
Maybe you’ve tried everything. Rest, exercise, injections, surgery. Nothing has seemed to stick. So you stop trying. You give up. You feel like your efforts don’t matter anymore. That feeling has a name: helplessness. It’s different from hopelessness. Helplessness happens when you’ve tried hard, failed repeatedly, and your brain concludes: “My actions don’t change anything.” Over time, that feeling spreads. If you can’t control your pain, maybe you can’t control …





