Pain and Awakening Chronic pain — I get it. This crap sucks. Your body becomes a cage of torture, and your mind starts to resent you for it. The doctors keep circling back to square one because, after years of the same treatments ...they've run out of options. Your body has endured the gauntlet of tests, injections, and procedures. Still, you lie awake at night, clutching a pillow so the house doesn’t hear you scream. I’ve been there. I know what pain does to people, and I’ve seen how much it changed me. This is my story of personal evolution after a conscious awakening. I’ve learned how to thrive through pain and illness by diligently changing my thoughts and habits. I hope those suffering from chronic pain can find something useful in the lessons I’ve learned and the tips I’m sharing. Conscious awareness has made an incredible difference between surviving and thriving with chronic pain.