Sorry for what you're going through. What you said about having a hard time showing pain is familiar to many of us with PTSD here, too. Welcome. Glad you found us.

Hey, Miltary, glad you popped in to say hi:-) Yep, we know the drill. Physical pain, emotional pain, it's all *pain* and it seems like no one wants to see it, hear it, admit it---but we gotta live it anyway. ARGH. Vent away! You're in a safe place.

Have you ever done a journal of your pain levels? I discovered a few patterns in mine after doing a daily journal. (I woke up and rated my pain on a 1-10 scale, then wrote down a brief line or two on what I did all day and my pain level before bed. I used a calendar with big squares to write in. ANd I noticed flares related to hormone cycles, and weather changes, in both my Fibro *and* my PTSD.)

Gentle healing to you, Military.

Thank you for your support.
Hey Leo no I have not tried that however I might give it a try, Thank you

My guy figured out he needed a molecule from his home planet of Lithium ;p
...and now that he's in less mental distress, he's experiencing a lot less physical pain as well.
Treating your brain cooties is congruent with pain management. there are antidepressants that also help with fibro pain. There are mood stabilizers that help with pain.
Therapy for trauma can help physical pain.
Somatization happens. PTSD can make you physically ill in a lot of weird ways, or make chronic illness worse.

I am so sorry you are in so much pain. It's hard to get people to understand. I also don't show pain well sometimes. When I have physical pain people often think I am lying if I say anything. It pisses me off. Like, when my appendix was getting ready to explode.. no one believed me that I was in a shit ton of pain. And as far as emotional pain goes, that's just very hard to explain. Even if someone can tell you are upset it's hard to explain. It's so frustrating.

Exactly Alice its like really it hurts I am in a lot of pain i am just not able to show it. No one believes me most the times. I am at least being open and telling my physician how much pain I am really in I used to just blow it off for the most part. It is so frustrating

Anyone have any ideas on how to work on showing pain? I am in a load of pain but no one believes me

MB, you know me from Fibro so you know my cure for pain is ice, heat, and hoping some idiot doctor realizes this is not a joke.... If I had a solution, I'd share it, believe me.

Best I've got is the usual you've heard over on Fibro board. Self-care, nutrition, hydration, heat, ice, liniments for physical stuff. For emotional? I paint, write, yell, beat up pillows, cry, whatever is needed. Took me a *long* time to get used to showing my pain, either kind, though, so I know that is a third of the battle.

Hang in there.

Hey Leo, yeah I am just tired of the answer of you don't show you are in pain and that they don't think I am really in pain. I am just in need of relief. I write and draw/art and keep a journal of like symptoms I am having and stuff that is bugging me to show the doctor when I see them so they know whats been going on as far as symptoms and know what needs addressed because I have a really hard time talking to people sometimes.