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Has anyone had psychotherapy focused on managing physical pain?
I’m experiencing severe pain, which has been going on for several weeks. I can’t get any relief - no position is comfortable, pain killers don’t touch it, physio is on pause as not possible while the level of pain is so high.
The pain is just becoming all-encompassing. I can’t find an escape from it and it’s all I can think of and talk about (obviously very boring and annoying for other people, and I don’t want to be constantly moaning either!)
My therapist is away for a couple of weeks. Even so, talking to her about pain is…fine…? She is validating of the pain I’m experiencing and sympathetic. She also has a tendency to go into fixing/rescuing mode, being quite directive and trying to offer practical suggestions. But, while it’s good to have a bit of a vent and not feel I’m being boring bleating about how much it hurts, and it’s also nice to feel some care and compassion from her, it doesn’t help in any other way. Eg it doesn’t help me with managing the pain better or not experiencing it as all-encompassing…I just feel very sucked in, engulfed by the pain. And talking to my therapist about it doesn’t change that.
I know some therapists specialise in helping patients with pain and/or illness. Wondering if this is something worth me looking in to, if only for just a few sessions?
Does anyone know what this might involve? Is it likely to be more of a CBT approach?
Or, if anyone has any tips to share about managing pain, that would also be great.
I feel miserable about it, drained and exhausted and have no idea how long the pain will last or what might help. I don’t think that uncertainty is helping. Also think this feels harder because I’ve spent the best part of the last two years feeling unwell with chronic post-Covid symptoms - I was finally feeling that I was coming out the other side of that and starting to get myself, my health and my work back on track. And now this has happened and stopped me in my tracks. So, I think that is also compounding my low mood about current situation.
Anyway - any experiences or tips to share, I’d be grateful
I’m experiencing severe pain, which has been going on for several weeks. I can’t get any relief - no position is comfortable, pain killers don’t touch it, physio is on pause as not possible while the level of pain is so high.
The pain is just becoming all-encompassing. I can’t find an escape from it and it’s all I can think of and talk about (obviously very boring and annoying for other people, and I don’t want to be constantly moaning either!)
My therapist is away for a couple of weeks. Even so, talking to her about pain is…fine…? She is validating of the pain I’m experiencing and sympathetic. She also has a tendency to go into fixing/rescuing mode, being quite directive and trying to offer practical suggestions. But, while it’s good to have a bit of a vent and not feel I’m being boring bleating about how much it hurts, and it’s also nice to feel some care and compassion from her, it doesn’t help in any other way. Eg it doesn’t help me with managing the pain better or not experiencing it as all-encompassing…I just feel very sucked in, engulfed by the pain. And talking to my therapist about it doesn’t change that.
I know some therapists specialise in helping patients with pain and/or illness. Wondering if this is something worth me looking in to, if only for just a few sessions?
Does anyone know what this might involve? Is it likely to be more of a CBT approach?
Or, if anyone has any tips to share about managing pain, that would also be great.
I feel miserable about it, drained and exhausted and have no idea how long the pain will last or what might help. I don’t think that uncertainty is helping. Also think this feels harder because I’ve spent the best part of the last two years feeling unwell with chronic post-Covid symptoms - I was finally feeling that I was coming out the other side of that and starting to get myself, my health and my work back on track. And now this has happened and stopped me in my tracks. So, I think that is also compounding my low mood about current situation.
Anyway - any experiences or tips to share, I’d be grateful