by paincomm | Jan 15, 2021 | Daily Living, Depression |
by Carolyn Noel, Webmaster, The Pain Community I recently read an article, Does Chronic Pain Lead to Hoarding?, the photo with the article caught my eye. I lived next door for five years to a hoarder and I know what it looks like. What I saw in the photo was...
by Teresa Shaffer | Oct 5, 2015 | Coping Techniques, Depression |
I recently had the pleasure to be on a telephone support call for people with pain. Since I also live with pain I know how it helps to talk directly to others who truly understand what a day is like in the life of someone fighting chronic pain. The discussion was...
by Mark Maginn | Jul 28, 2015 | Depression |
Read Part One I want to focus on two ideas about the nature of suicide among those of us suffering from uncontrolled pain (UP). It goes without saying that persons with pain (PWP) also suffer from depression. This depression can be the result of the multitude of...
by Mark Maginn | Jul 21, 2015 | Depression |
Suicide is a topic on which thousands of words have been spent. I’ll try not to cover ground already churned over well by others. I intend to focus only on uncontrollable pain and the act of suicide. It is well known that suicide is one of the leading causes of death...
by Dionetta Hudzinski | Feb 8, 2015 | Coping Techniques, Depression |
Have you ever noticed the effect the changing seasons have on how you feel? Have you noticed that on gray overcast days your energy levels drop dramatically? Do you feel more depressed in the winter than in the summer? Do your pain levels increase on these same...
by Teresa Shaffer | Jun 13, 2014 | Coping Techniques, Daily Living, Depression |
Living with chronic pain touches every aspect of our lives. We all know how it interferes with everything we do from the time we wake up in the morning until we lay down at night to sleep. So what is one thing that we can do that can help us get a head start to our...