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Day 199 of OU studies

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Edited by Casper Smith, Friday, 16 Apr 2021, 12:59

Today was the first day of my pain management solutions sessions, this is the second attempt as the first attempt was halted due to poor mental health management, the sessions consist of two weekly of appointments, one is a one to one and the second is a group session, were we learn to apply new psychological and physiological coping mechanisms so that we can learn to live with our pain conditions "whatever that may be" more comfortable and with out it impacting on our lives to the point where it can cause disorder, i guess it's exactly as it says on the tin "pain management solutions".

I missed my first appointment due to clashing doctors appointment and if i am honest, i associated the the upcoming sessions with the sessions i missed due to poor mental health management and i was refreshingly surprised. My first appointment today covered what i had missed and what i heard was really positive and gave me a sense of security, as there were a beacon of hope that i can learn to live with with my condition while reducing the painful and stressful process.

I had felt recently that my condition was becoming unbearable and negative thoughts were entering my head about ways that i could stop it once for all, the shocking thing that i found during that process is that the conclusions i were coming to was beginning to make sense and i was becoming more and more comfortable with those negative conclusions, very fortunately i was in contact with a friend from another group of support and i started to talk about how i was feeling.

I am learning that whatever my issue, there is always something i can do about it, somewhere i can go to deal with it and somebody to talk to about it, i invite all fellow sufferers to always have faith in this and never sit by yourself alone and suffer in silent, because if we reach out in the right direction there is support and guidance and a listen ear that can validate you and your suffering.

To all who suffer, i have faith in you, i'm thinking of you, i love you and i believe in you, there are lots of kind, caring, understanding and positive people out there to support us.

God bless the sufferers and God bless the supporters.



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Hi Casper,

🙂Glad you back .

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Best wishes Gill

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Thank you so much Gillian, i really do appreciate your kindness, you really are a bundle of hope and warmth, the effect of your kindness to me genuinely encourage me and give me strength, so thank you and god bless you.