1. I'm afraid that I might injure myself if I exercise.

2. If I were to try to overcome it, my pain would increase.

3. My body is telling me I have something dangerously wrong.

4. People aren't taking my medical condition seriously enough.

5. My accident has put my body at risk for the rest of my life.

6. Pain always means I have injured my body.

7. Simply being careful that I do not make any unnecessary movements is the safest thing I can do to prevent my pain from worsening.

8. I wouldn't have this much pain if there weren't something potentially dangerous going on in my body.

9. Pain lets me know when to stop exercising so that I don't injure myself.

10. I can't do all the things normal people do because it's too easy for me to get injured

11. No one should have to exercise when he/she is in pain