Re: What is your experience with hometown pain support groups

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--- " Leigh Anne " wrote:

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> I'm just curious as to how face to face pain support groups work.

If you do choose a face-to-face support group, find one that focuses on

a positive approach, on finding better ways to manage pain, and that

encourages its members to have better lives. Sometimes these kinds of

groups can degenerate into constant negative, depressing pity parties.

While it's certainly helpful to be able to express the darker emotions

from time to time among people who can empathize, and the need to get

those emotions out in the open should be an accepted part of any good

support group, it just isn't helpful or healthy when moaning and

groaning is *all* the group ever does.

One good place to look for such groups is to contact your local

hospitals and pain management clinics/psychiatrists.

Cheryl in AZ

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