How to deal with fatigue caused by chronic pain

Sometime its not just the pain that gets in the way of living my life but it's the fatigue caused by it . I feel so exhausted and tired that it takes a lot for me to get tasks done . So I am looking for way to overcome it ? If you've experienced something similar please let know on ways to deal with it

 

Your TMSing brain is giving you pain because it's fearful and so, when the pain doesn't grab your attention enough to distract you and stop you from doing things, it goes a step further to get your attention, distract you and put the brakes on, by giving you fatigue. The aim therefore is to trick your mind/body so that it doesn’t put the brakes on to that degree, and the way I personally have found to do that is to take a baby steps approach in doing tasks by essentially doing the things advised in this booklet https://www.somersetpain.co.uk/SiteUploads/18/Uploads/Body programming PatientGuide.pdf.

 

Hi thank you so much for sharing the pdf . I am taking baby steps w.r.t to sleep , exercise , meditation , studies etc . So does that mean my body wants me to rest or is it just a false alarm ? Because I've already spent the last 3 years at home without doing anything . But Rn I don't have the luxury to go even slow as I have to take up a job and get back to living my life

 

It's totally normal to wonder if fatigue signals true exhaustion—many in TMS recovery share this doubt.

It's a false alarm: your body's physical capabilities aren't depleted from doing normal tasks (unlike after, say, running a marathon). Your brain generates symptoms—in your case, pain first, then undue fatigue when pushing through—to halt what it perceives as dangerous.

Sarno explains the brain does this to distract from emotions like anger, fearing they'd harm your well-being or survival (e.g., raging at your boss could risk your job and stability). Our primitive brain also flags modern 24/7 stressors—like deadlines—as life-threatening lion attacks, despite no real danger—prompting it to keep your world small for 'safety' from these bogus threats.

With baby steps in your spare time, you can ease job stress by practicing mindfulness during work and lengthening out-breaths to deepen breathing. At home, you can do deep relaxation and mind/body techniques like journaling frustrations for a few minutes daily. TMS-wise, your job is to make your brain feel safe. Consistency rewires this alarm over time.