Revenge As A Way To Keep Going
“There’s not a lot of money in revenge.” — Innigo Montoya, The Princess Bride
There may not be any money in revenge, but you can still tap into the energy that fires up thoughts of revenge in order to get through your day when you have chronic pain. Some days, you need to use anything you can work with, especially if you have bills to pay and you know a migraine is on the way.
Sweet Dreams Are Made Of These
Anger and craving revenge tends to be considered negative emotions, but you can use them in a positive way. If you have migraines or chronic headaches, feelings of anger can make your body tense and thus amplify your pain. So what you need to do is think of someone or something you really, really, really hate. You could even picture your migraine as a monster or –even worse — a puppy mill owner. Yes, when I have revenge fantasies, they tend to be against puppy mill owners. However, feel free to substitute anyone else to act as a magnet for your feelings.
Then picture yourself destroying this person in any way possible — use your imagination. You could do the light sabre duel from Star Wars, you could win a lawsuit against the person or thing or you you could imagine a tornado suddenly dropping out of the sky to blow him/her/it to smithereens.
Now smile and take a deep breath — ahh, doesn’t that feel better?
Use Common Sense
Obviously, you can’t act on these revenge fanatsies. Not exactly in the way that the fantasy goes. But you can use the energy to keep on going in order to look out for ways to metaphorically crush your enemies. For example, when having a headache, I’ve written many articles condemning puppy mills and have gotten paid for them. Now, that’s sweet.
January 13th, 2009 at 6:39 pm
[...] January 2009 Headache Blog Carnival by Rena Sherwood The first blog carnival of the new year is up at Somebody Heal Me, chaperoned by the lovely Diana Lee. As you probably know, a blog carnival is a bunch of blog posts that revolve around a central topic. The topic explored (or ignored) is “What Keeps You Going When You’re Suffering.” I answered the question with, “Revenge”. [...]