They give you a scale of pain and zero being the least and 10, the worst you've had in your life, well, about 30. That's what it feels like.

I'm getting back into motorcycles.

I'm just waiting for my turn, and I'd still be putting it off if Dr. Heinrich didn't have this anterior approach.

I played basketball. I barrel raced. We used to break horses.

How did she do it, I'd always wondered. Dancing with Q., I understood. Once in a while the pain falls asleep on the job, and the experienced sufferer knows enough to seize such moments swiftly and without thought - for when we realize we're actually dancing, the jolt of joy wakens the pain.

Laura Acosta

Simply put, your pain body is the same thing as your unresolved emotional baggage.