I’m Rob Nunnery. I live with Crohn’s disease and a colostomy. I also play professional pickleball and write about what it’s like to build a life around a body that doesn’t always cooperate. This newsletter is where I process what’s hard, what’s working, and what I’m learning. On the court, in recovery, and in building Ostowear. Just lived-through reflection from someone figuring it out in public.
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Day 15 - Managing darts...
Published 5 days ago • 1 min read
In today’s chapter from Rick Hanson’s book Resilient, he breaks down two kinds of pain: first darts and second darts. First darts are the inevitable stuff, life’s little gut punches. Something hard happens. It stings. You can’t control it. Second darts are what we throw afterward. The rumination. The self-blame. The spiral. I had my own first dart a few days ago. A bathroom incident. Not going to get into the details, but it knocked me off center. The second dart was worse. My brain replaying...
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