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!