People may use food to fill the void, or alcohol or other drugs to numb the pain. They work too hard to distract themselves from the pain, or watch too much television. We have lots of ways of numbing, killing, bypassing or distracting ourselves from pain. The pain isn't the problem, it's a messenger. If we just try to numb pain or kill it or bypass it without listening to it, then it is a little like clipping the wires to a fire alarm, and then going back to sleep while your house keeps burning down.
Pain can be a powerful catalyst for transformation.
We know change isn't easy. If you are in enough pain and the strategies for numbing, killing or bypassing it aren't working that well, then sometimes the idea of change becomes more appealing. I am ready to try just about anything. When people make these changes, and they see how much better they feel and how quickly it happens, they look back on the suffering itself as a blessing in disguise. It made such a powerful difference in my life.