I apologize for not posting lately 😕 or keeping up with others’ work. I have been in the hospital 🏥 in celebration, florida for a week. Unfortunately 😔 I will also not be going home to my apartment 😕 I am going to go to a rehab facility for other medical issues as well as the chronic pain. Unfortunately 😔 here in the hospital, they still have not been able to get the face and bad teeth pain under control 😫
Max, the cat 🐈 and I have been separated and I am not sure when I will see him again. I miss him very much 😢
I want to say thank you to my readers and hope you all have a blessed weekend 😊
Anna (and Max) even though he isn’t currently with me.
I like to blog 😊 because I hope to make a few folks aware of the issue of having chronic pain. Hopefully, I might be able to help someone as well 😀 and perhaps make a friend 😀
I have been doing some research lately because I was curious if there are therapists who specialize only in chronic pain. When I went to reddit, I saw a post 📫 where someone had mentioned a doctor like that. However, when I went to youtube, I didn’t see anything similar. It appears to “my knowledge” that there isn’t any therapy specialty that is chronic pain specific or living with chronic pain specific.
I also asked my psychiatrist, and she said she had never heard of this either,so I suppose the lady on reddit was misinformed.
While it is certainly true that a regular therapist can help you with your depression and anxiety surrounding the issue, I myself believe it would be quite difficult to find a therapist who really understands the condition
As an example, I worked with a licensed clinical social worker about a year ago, but only for a few sessions. I, of course, told her all about the condition, but even so, it seemed by her conversation that she just could not understand the concept of being in pain all the time.
I had mentioned to her that many simple things are difficult for me due to the condition. As I continued, she seemed to have not particularly like what she had heard, so instead of asking if I possibly needed a medical nurse for help, she threatened to call a mental health agency instead.
This was certainly quite unfortunate 😕
So, in conclusion, it appears there are no therapists who only deal with chronic pain. Perhaps I am wrong, but to my knowledge, I dont know of any.
However, possibly by trial and error, you can find one who understands and is caring about your condition.
LIVING WITH CHRONIC PAIN WITH ANNA AND MAX 