[Aiuto]

Understand Someone With Chronic Pain - wikiHow

[Travelinglady]

Thanks for sharing!

[fishman81]

Thanks Aiuto, for the link.
I started reading it while the wife was in the room and then began to read it out loud so she would try to be able to understand what I've been dealing with for the last 10 years, gradually getting worse and more intense.
Well, she stood up during my reading this out loud, walked away and turned on the TV and put on her head phones.

As if I weren't already feeling Isolated and detached, I've gotten this kind of treatment of dismisal from doctors as well, it pushes me closer and closer to the edge, where I dont want to go.
I really am trying to find a comfort zone and I have a doctors visit in 2 days to try to up my meds to manage my pain , but, My feeling is,
"It's usually dismissed, UNLESS it directly affects you"
Sometimes I wish someone would feel what I feel for a day and see how they like being dismissed when the pain rarely ever stops.
Thanks again for the link, I think I will e-mail it to her as a reminder, then maybe she'l read it

[MaggieNZ]

Thank you - I'm new here and am going to pass that onto my husband and family in the hopes it may help them to understand a little more. I don't say a lot so this will say some of it for me.

[MaggieNZ]

I'm not sure where my post went, but it was my first ever here.
I want to say thank you for this link, this says all that I don't say/can't say to my husband and family and should help them to understand more (they have been great with me however, but just to help them see - this part in particular stood out to me : Realizing that chronic pain is variable, keep in mind that pep talk can be aggravating and demoralizing for the chronic pain sufferer. As already noted, it's quite possible (for many, it's common) that one day they're able to walk to the park and back, while the next day they'll have trouble getting to the next room.