@drleewarren: Handling pain As a neurosurgeon, I've operated on two patients with nearly identical injuries many times. One was back on his feet in weeks, talking about gratitude. The other was still in the dark six months later. Same tissue. Same operation. Completely different outcome. The difference was not in their brain or their spine. It was in how their mind met the signal. NEUROSCIENCE: Pain is not just a wire from the body. A signal travels up. Then your mind interprets it, predicts what it means, and decides how much danger it represents. A mind braced for helplessness turns the volume up. Catastrophe, rumination, “this will never end," those are not just moods. They change how the signal is processed. A mind anchored in meaning and hope can genuinely turn the volume down. That is not a pep talk. It is how descending control of pain actually works. This is why two people can share a diagnosis and not share a recovery. The injury is real. The suffering is also being shaped by what the mind keeps rehearsing. You do not pretend the pain is fake. You refuse to let the pain become the whole story. II Corinthians 12:9 says, “But he said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.’” (ESV) Grace does not always remove the thorn. It changes what the thorn is allowed to mean. Self-Brain Surgery: The sixth commandment of self-brain surgery is this: I must love tomorrow more than I hate how I feel right now. That is not denial. It is orientation. When the signal flares, do the operation. Tell the truth: This hurts. Then refuse the second injury—the story that this feeling is the future. Aim your attention at the next faithful step, the people who still need you, the hope that is still allowed to be true. Same tissue. Different mind. Different path. Save this for the next time pain tries to push you around. And share it with a friend who's hurting. Follow me for daily connections between neuroscience and scripture to help you flourish. Click the link in my bio to learn more about my New York Times bestseller, The Life-Changing Art of Self-Brain Surgery. #neuroscience #selfbrainsurgery #pain #chronicpain

Melissa4Jesus :

I'm a nurse..but a follow of JESUS CHRIST FIRST. And I pray we have more doctors like you! Doctors with faith! Healing comes from ABOVE! ✝️🕊🩷

K Vin :

I love this! I have RA with significant joint deformities and pain is just part of life but my attitude plays a big part in how I can handle it. Thanking God for the good makes the bad more bearable and eventually less, but if I'm throwing myself a pity party over what I couldn't do, I find myself able to do less.

blackoutcurtian :

This is often why some women handle unmedicated births better than others

Beauty&TheBeastieBoys :

i must love tomorrow more than I hate how I feel❤️‍🩹

Melissa :

How do you accomplish this when you are in constant pain?

bugsyaya :

Kori :

makes so much sense

thechampagnegal :

Perspective again and again. Yes, I believe my faith helps me move forward but I know it is also thoughts

DeeDeeDoodle :

Be positive- positive things will happen ❤️

Jan :

Yes, the attitude. Everything is perfect, and Gods gift. The sorrow and pain is Gods blessings. That has changed how i cope and i am happy within with pain in my body.

CuileansOpa :

love. the work your doing.

ruthmagin5 :

Man this is so good!! It’s a fight to get the right results!! S

Laura Cole :

Doc! I JUST finished reading this verse!! And you’re right. I had spine surgery & when I changed my outlook, the pain no longer controlled me. It’s not magic. It’s REAL. Yes, I hurt. No I’m not afraid. Your YouTube is also fantastic. You are definitely doing the Lords work… bless you…

scribblesonpaper :

What doesnt help is doctors that tell you you will always be in pain and you'll only get worse, that theres no way to fix you. They can only give you meds.

katiadelrisco :

Please never stop posting. All the information you share is helping control my brain. God bless you!

DirtyIrish :

“Pain don’t hurt.” - Dalton

AJL :

You’re a gift to people, thank you 🙏💯

divadavina2 :

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Momma Lysa :

So blessed that I found you!

bugsyaya :

Lanett :

amen

tabitharivas0 :

Amen.

HiDee :

Jesus' design is AMAZING!!

megyesipartyof7 :

it's so fun to have doctors tell someone with chronic pain that they just need to change how they thing about it. meanwhile, they'll celebrate the guy over there who never recognizes the pain so he creates a massive injury. "cause he can handle it".

rannosaurus :

Oh no I'm waiting