Exactly what I was looking for
I am not quite through the book but finally someone understands the pain I have been experiencing. I am looking forward to applying this to my life. Very well written.

Very helpful book
I purchased this book for my husband who has chronic lower back pain. I am happy to report that just after reading the book, he has experienced a significant reduction in back pain and most days he has no pain. It has truly been a blessing from God and a book that we will be passing on to other family members. If you are a people-pleaser, a perfectionist, or both, you need this book.

Simply Amazing
Pain Free for Life?? How could it be???? That's what I thought when I saw the title, in fact I bought the book and then doubted why I did it. Over a year went by while I finished an MBA, the entire time I promised myself that I would read a book "for no grade" when I finished. I read a couple that family and friends gave me and then came to "Pain Free for Life" and finished it in a few days.

The book has some of the author's personal information in the first sections that I almost skipped. But sticking to my promise I read it all and found that much of what he had gone through had happened to me too. Have you ever had a doctor that said, "Face it, you might just have to live with the pain for the rest of your life"? Well Dr. Brady did and I did too; so he had my attention. Then he mentioned how he had taken medications for pain that did nothing but mask the pain; I did that too!!

An then he said that he was free from the medications with NO PAIN! He had me hooked; I had to finish the book. I read through the conclusion, went back and journaled for two days and was free from pain. If you don't believe it can happen buy the book and give it a shot.

But truly do it, don't go into it waiting for the doctor to be wrong or to try and prove my review wrong; give yourself a chance. What do you have to lose, if the pain doesn't go away your in the same spot as you started.

It worked for me!!!

Becoming pain free
While being simplistic and over the top at times, his message is a good one. I would recommend this book to most people. It has helped me manage a lot of my pain and I am only a few weeks into the program. The basic idea of journaling through emotions is so simple it is profound. I can't think of a single person who would not benefit from this method of inner reflection. I've only experienced growth and a developing self-awareness from this insightful approach to health. It makes sense- we can develop ulcers from worrying, migraines from stress- why not chronic pain from never dealing with our emotions?
The only concerns I have are in Brady's 'yelling' at the unconscious. I don't think that barreling over your interior life after ignoring it for so long is going to make for a long-term healthy balance between emotions and will. There are better ways to handling the blocks that one comes to in this program.

best information needed
Dr Brady gives the information missing in Dr Sarno,s books..A must for all pain sufferers if you are looking for the TREATMENT!!