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New Program Day 18: Conditioned Responses
I notice that I wrote this about the pain peaking in the grocery store on January 14th, 2018. A couple of weeks back, I actually noticed that the pain I was experiencing in the Sonora Safeway was going way down. No more fear of having to abandon the cart and go get a bag for pears or tomatoes. I realize now that the pain has actually been going down since I moved up to Sonora in July. It's just been going away so slowly that I didn't notice it. So, it's important to maintain a detached perspective on your pain condition, even while it seeks to distract you. But when it lets up you begin to take your improved condition for granted. I guess you lose perspective in the middle of your improvement. The now is so overwhelming.