# Fighting Pain Made It Worse — Here's What Finally Worked

Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-modern-pain-podcast-1148376/fighting-pain-made-it-worse-here-s-what-finally-worked
Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-modern-pain-podcast-1148376/fighting-pain-made-it-worse-here-s-what-finally-worked.md
Podcast: [The Modern Pain Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-modern-pain-podcast-1148376)
Published: 2025-08-24T15:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2124284/episodes/17723592-fighting-pain-made-it-worse-here-s-what-finally-worked.mp3
Audio file: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2124284/episodes/17723592-fighting-pain-made-it-worse-here-s-what-finally-worked.mp3
Processing state: not_requested
JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-modern-pain-podcast-1148376/episodes/fighting-pain-made-it-worse-here-s-what-finally-worked
Duration seconds: 1394

## Resource

Fighting pain made things worse. Acceptance gave him his life back. Tom's Facebook Group In this powerful episode, Tom Bowen shares how chasing a cure for chronic pain left him anxious, depressed, and stuck. Only when he shifted focus—from fixing pain to living well—did real change begin. • How endless referrals and surgeries fueled hopelessness • The mental shift that helped him reclaim control • What “acceptance” really means (and doesn’t mean) • Practical strategies that became second ...

## Actions

- request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-modern-pain-podcast-1148376/episodes/fighting-pain-made-it-worse-here-s-what-finally-worked/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
- read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-modern-pain-podcast-1148376/fighting-pain-made-it-worse-here-s-what-finally-worked.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.

A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed.

## Transcript

Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.