The Upside of Chronic Pain and Illness

Julie Sunshine Hodges
4 min readMar 17, 2021

What has your pain done for you lately?

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I have chronic pain and Illness. Every day I suffer without end. I’m grateful to modern medicine it isn’t as bad as it could be. I’m okay.

There are so many downsides to having chronic pain and illness, the suffering, the way some people look at you, the loss of income and dreams, the way people talk down to you, to name a few. But…

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Julie Sunshine Hodges

Julie, aka The Pain Guru, lives with chronic pain in Nevada, teaches yoga/meditation, and loves life with a husband and dogs, paranormal team, and outdoor fun.