An Invitation into the Solstice Light
Another guest post that needs to be read, especially today
I’ve mostly been in bed these last 3 days, barely able to move as an intense pain across my lower back, which came out of nowhere on Sunday evening, impedes me from turning from my side onto my back, and vice versa. I can’t even bend down to put my socks on! Yikes & ouch!
Where did this pain from? Nothing happened this weekend — or even recently — to cause an injury. OK, I lifted and moved some boxes and other items around on Saturday, and as it turned out Sunday too, but everything was manageable, nothing was heavy, let alone too heavy. (I never do “too heavy”).
A friend told me he reckons it’s psychosomatic — meaning my psyche has caused the pain, not that it’s not real — so I searched on the psychological causes of this particular kind of lower back pain, and now his rationale feels more likely.
(What is this pain telling me? I have decided to be grateful to it as it seems to be pointing me towards practical solutions I must find for myself).
I have a few Substack posts almost ready to go about some significant projects and changes to Sane World but I don’t have the energy to do the heavy lifting, even mentally, to finish them right now. However, in my bed this morning, I loved reading this by yet another friend I met — only online this one tho’ — through the NBVD.
I love Maré’s writing; she is such a wise woman. I hope you find this piece comforting too.
Thanks for sharing this, and I'm so happy to hear the back pain is dissipating. (The worst thing for it is fighting it!). But yes, to everyone else in this thread, the cold weather definitely will help tweak things along as far as the back is concerned ....
Feel for you with the back problem. I have had a long history of back trouble, did masonry all of my life, had it operated on many years ago. still had problems. Wishing you the best.