The Pain is All In Your Head: Rye Lane

In this week’s special episode, Jennie texted Sarah with a request for a cinematic salve to help cope with the challenge of living with chronic pain. Instead of focusing on conquering pain, Screen Cares co-hosts dive into the 2023 Sundance Film Festival favorite, Rye Lane, and how vibrance, quirkiness, and willingness to talk about discomfort, pain and heartbreak (even when it smarts!) can help close the gateway for pain. (Colin Firth serving guacamole doesn’t hurt either.)

Rye Lane (2023) - IMDb

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Episode Transcript

Special Thanks to Dr. Myers for his time in explaining the mechanism, construct and neurological process of pain in such an informative, thoughtful way! 

Screen Shares Rating: 

• Rye Lane is a fantastic Solo Screen and Love Screen so that you can hunker down when you’re feeling crummy, tired and just need the cinematic equivalent of a warm cup of tea. 

Screen Sparks:

When you let your guard down, you invite connection-building conversation that’s meaningful and beyond the how-is-the-weather surface-level chat. Use our Screen Sparks to discuss Rye Lane, chronic pain.Check out our socials pages (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Youtube) share your thoughts with the Screen Cares Community this week.

• What makes you feel better when you don’t feel great?
• Do you have anything in your life that you are lying about to protect yourself, whether it is pain, emotional, or physical things that you're trying to avoid?
• Do you wave at people on boats or not
• What colors resonate with you or make you feel good?

Resources & Background

• The Connection Between Pain and Your Brain | Arthritis Foundation
• How Pain Actually Works
• Theories of pain: from specificity to gate control
• Pain Theory
• Chronic Pain: What Is It, Causes, Symptoms & Treatment
• Color Psychology: Does It Affect How You Feel?
• Facial Expression Pain Scale Referenced in This Episode

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