Hi! 

I’m not a fan of talking about my pain or what I experience on a daily basis so don’t expect to read TOO much about that throughout this section. I’m a normal teenage girl in that I could spend a whole day in bed watching any movies based off of a Nicholas Sparks novel. BUT, even though I do enjoy a good chick-flick, the day in bed would not be a result of the teen-age lazies or a boyfriend break-up. It is because I can’t force my legs to get me out of bed.

Anyone with chronic pain will tell you that pain is something that takes over your world, as it has definitely tried to do to mine. However, early on in this experience I found that distraction helped me to ignore the pain’s growing hold over my body and mind. So because of the need for distraction school and socializing have always been something I wanted to do. However, like many kids with CRPS, I have been through home-bound instruction and I hated it.

Music has had an amazing influence on my life and has also played the role of distractor from pain. I have been playing guitar for 9 years and have been studying classical guitar for 5 years, and I think that the actual language of music will always amaze me and make perfect sense. My favorite bands are Fleet Foxes, Grizzly Bear and Radiohead. Certain intervals and genres of music emote different chemical reactions in our brains and cause us to feel certain ways, and I believe EVERYONE should find the sound that causes a chemical reaction they like the most, aka (what I call) “finding your groove”. I use “my groove” to help me feel better on a daily basis.

I’m an understanding and open-minded person. I don’t believe in judging  people and I like to learn more about what makes them tick. I believe in respecting others and I steer clear of any type of trouble as much as possible because, to be honest, I don’t have the energy for those kind of shenanigans.

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