In this vulnerable episode, Fox and Mya discuss the challenge of chronic pain in rope, inspired by a listener - a rope bottom with fibromyalgia.
Both Mya and Fox have some chronic health issues which include the symptom of chronic pain, and they share some of their own challenges as a rope top and rope bottom in this context, as well as some ideas for handling this.
In the episode hear them discuss:
- The challenge of trying to understand where pain is coming from when in rope
- Spoon Theory and how it relates to rope
- How chronic pain might impact you as a rope top or rope bottom
- How chronic pain impacts your body image
- How the dichotomy of ‘good’ versus ‘bad’ pain might not be helpful, and a better question to ask
- Practical things to help you do rope when you are handling chronic pain
- How the constraints of chronic pain can support creativity
- Scene negotiation when you have chronic pain
- And a lot more!
