Approach
A collection of strategies, frameworks, and tools for making sense of persistent discomfort
Approach
Regardless of how we work together, three key principles guide this approach:
Chronic pain involves the brain and the body, and sorting signal from noise gets increasingly difficult as pain persists;
Physical pain and emotional pain share overlapping pathways in the brain–what works for addressing one is frequently effective for addressing the other;
Fear is a big component of pain, and it’s difficult to experience fear alone. Reducing the isolation of chronic pain is an effective approach in and of itself.
Pain & Memory
Pain can play tricks on our memory—when we’re in it, it’s hard to remember ever not having been in it (and vice versa). Developing some strategies and planning ahead can help you get back to baseline sooner when pain starts to take over.
Pain is inherently isolating.
It’s more effective—and more fun—to navigate pain in collaboration with others. That’s part of why Pain Fermata exists: so we can find new ways to talk about, make sense of, and get out of pain.
And we can do it together.