Chronic Pain Support Group
Physicians and professionalsdefine pain as chronic if it lasts longer than three to six months and is persistent. It's distinct from acute pain that is a direct result of injury or trauma. This support group is dedicated to those suffering from chronic pain. Discuss treatments that have worked for you, find advice for your specific experience, and find support. You're not...
Hi everyone. I'm Morwen and I've been suffering from chronic pain for 8 years now. I've tried so many things to deal with my pain that it's gotten frustrating to the point of wanting to give up trying to find help.
I recently got back into therapy and my new therapist recommended that I start what's called Acceptance and Commitment Therapy or ACT. It's designed to help people restructure the way they think about things that they can't change. He said this is especially helpful for people who have chronic conditions and chronic pain.
I've only just started the therapy but I've already started to notice some differences, so I wanted to share it with everyone to try to help my fellow chronic pain sufferers. So I'll share some of the exercises that I've been given in therapy and some great resources that I've found as well.
I'll divide this into several posts so that it doesn't turn into one overwhelming one. I'll include some resources and explain the therapy exercises that I've done so far in the following posts.
I recently got back into therapy and my new therapist recommended that I start what's called Acceptance and Commitment Therapy or ACT. It's designed to help people restructure the way they think about things that they can't change. He said this is especially helpful for people who have chronic conditions and chronic pain.
I've only just started the therapy but I've already started to notice some differences, so I wanted to share it with everyone to try to help my fellow chronic pain sufferers. So I'll share some of the exercises that I've been given in therapy and some great resources that I've found as well.
I'll divide this into several posts so that it doesn't turn into one overwhelming one. I'll include some resources and explain the therapy exercises that I've done so far in the following posts.
I got so incredibly excited to see someone actually bump this thread ^^
brokenyolk- this therapy isn't for everyone, it's a relatively new therapy that is based of of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, but involves more of a belief in the free will of the individual. Just like all treatments therapy is a very individual program.
I got so incredibly excited to see someone actually bump this thread ^^
brokenyolk- this therapy isn't for everyone, it's a relatively new therapy that is based of of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, but involves more of a belief in the free will of the individual. Just like all treatments therapy is a very individual program.
i can't get my printer to work to print out that list. i like that one. and i need to look at the stuff.
you can also copy and paste to a document if you do want to print it later.
thanks morwen! we getting our money's worth from your therapy
Today will be my last appointment before surgery, so it will be about 2-3 weeks before I can continue. My therapist is trying to get permission to do a house visit though while I recover. So today I'm going to ask him for lots of homework to work on till I start back.
I'm so glad that you guys are getting something out of this therapy too, and if you have any questions about it I'm happy to try to answer, or pass them along to my therapist.
If anyone would be interested, we could do a kind of informal group therapy here on the board where each week we post one of the assignments and those who are willing can share their results and we can spend a week talking about them and seeing how other people think and feel and maybe find new ways to open up to one another and explore ourselves. That way we could get even more out of it than just doing the exercises. And I would be able to point out things my therapist shared with me better and maybe answer some questions ^^
good luck with the appt.
I'll also try to get together a collection of some of my costume pictures and post them for everyone to see ^^
And thanks!