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Sarah Shockley: ...you come to know yourself through difficult journeys

Nobody Told Me!

Nobody Told Me!

Entrepreneurship, Business

4.2 • 671 Ratings

🗓️ 19 August 2022

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Do you suffer from chronic pain?  It’s estimated that between 11 million and 20 million Americans suffer from pain so severe that it frequently limits their work or life activities. Sarah Anne Shockley is one of those chronic pain sufferers, having lived with debilitating nerve pain since 2007. She felt isolated and alone and wished she’d had a guide to living with more ease in the midst of pain and ultimately, relieving the pain. She ended up writing such a book herself, which provides practical advice for living with chronic pain and for relieving suffering on mental, emotional, and physical levels. The book is called "The Pain Companion: Everyday Wisdom for Living With and Moving Beyond Chronic Pain".  https://www.thepaincompanion.com/


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0:00.0

Welcome to Nobody Told Me. I'm Jan Black. According to the Centers for Disease Control,

0:17.1

over 20% of the adult population in the United States suffers from chronic pain.

0:22.6

It's estimated that between 11 million and 20 million Americans suffer from pain that is so severe

0:28.6

it frequently limits their work or life activities.

0:31.6

Sarah Ann Shockley is one of those with chronic pain.

0:34.6

She's lived with debilitating nerve pain since 2007. She felt

0:39.6

isolated and alone and wished she'd had a guide to living with more ease in the midst of pain

0:45.4

and ultimately relieving the pain. She ended up writing such a book herself, which provides

0:50.5

practical advice for living with chronic pain and for relieving suffering on mental,

0:56.1

emotional, and physical levels. The book is called The Pain Companion, Everyday Wisdom for

1:01.9

Living with and Moving Beyond Chronic Pain. Sarah, thank you so much for joining us.

1:06.6

Thanks, Jan. I'm delighted to be here. You've lived with chronic pain since 2007. What happened?

1:12.8

Oh, well, I was working for someone privately in a very non-ergonomic office setup,

1:19.6

and I contracted something called Thoracic Outlet Syndrome, which unfortunately is becoming more and more prevalent.

1:26.0

It's a collapse between the clavicles, the collarbones and the first ribs.

1:30.7

So it's a structural collapse in the body that can come about from too much computer use,

1:36.8

non-ergonomic, you know, really not set up well.

1:39.2

So I was working on a computer that was too small for me.

1:42.8

The keyboard was way too small.

1:44.8

I'm about six feet tall, and the top of my body was collapsing unbeknownst to me all the time that I was working.

1:52.3

And it's something to be, for everyone to be really aware of.

1:55.3

What happens is that those two bone structures collapse in on each other.

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