I apologize for not being able to link you directly to the time index I wish you could go to for the reference, but the times are: Start: 1h 5m 20s Finish: 1h 08m 36s

Dr Peterson is an amazing personality. He has such interesting views on many things and is very direct about everything. I encourage you to look him up if you have the time, I don’t think you’ll be sorry! Here is a link to his channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/JordanPetersonVideos/featured

In any case, I was listening to this video when I working away and then the question came up that perked my attention immediately.

What is your advice for someone who lives with chronic pain? How can I discipline myself mentally when I feel awful all of the time? What coping mechanisms can I use?

I had never heard Jordan talk about chronic pain before and I listened up pretty quickly. The things that he said without even flinching at the question floored me. It was like he already knew exactly what was taking place with me.

I will give you a few quotes.

Look, the first thing I would say is, if you’re suffering chronic pain one of the things you can do is try not to judge yourself too harshly man.

Why don’t you start by assuming that if you’re having a hard time disciplining yourself, that its actually a consequence of the chronic pain rather than a moral fault.

Well, I think a more appropriate question might be; how can you ensure that you treat yourself with the appropriate compassion if you happen to be living with severe chronic pain.

Those statements by Dr Peterson really hit home. Before I heard this video, I thought that my extreme unhappiness to utter disdain for myself was simply due to my personality. Maybe that is still part of it, but the ease in which he described me in seconds merits more consideration into how much chronic pain has played in shaping my personality over the past two decades.

I wish he would make a video dedicated to chronic pain so I could explore more of this thoughts on the subject!