Originally Posted by EternalQ

Grateful though my shoulder is hurting and out of whack for a second day, I haven't drank. Alcohol was my main painkiller. I think that darn massage caused it actually.

Grateful I tried to distract myself from the pain by watching a movie, reading, trying to learn guitar online, and by composing music with a cool online program I found. The music stuff finally absorbed me enough so that my pain registered less.

Grateful nowadays I can try other ways to cope with low functioning, like patience, acceptance, self-talk, tapping, meditating, stretching, not judging, focusing on another, and reminding myself that this too will pass.

And grateful to sidestep the drama of taking it all personally.