Category: Facial Pain & Trigeminal Neuralgia

Back Pain & Scoliosis Coping with difficult pain days: hope, emotions and getting through it. There is an image of a road, surrounded by trees, with the sun shining through the trees.

Coping With Difficult Pain Days: Hope, Emotions & Getting Through it

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Coping with chronic pain isn’t pretty — especially on the difficult days. It’s not just about the physical pain, but also about coping with the difficult emotions that come along with it. I often feel the emotional side of living with pain gets overlooked. But when pain is overwhelming, our…

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Neuropathic Pain Awareness Month ~ NERVEmber

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During NERVEMBER (the month formerly known as November), the International Pain Foundation shines a light (an orange light) to raise awareness of neuropathic pain. What is Neuropathic Pain? Neuropathic pain is a form of pain that comes from damage or malfunction in the nerves themselves. Neuropathy often has no visible…

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Awareness Understanding Invisible Disabilities - It's all about empathy is written in white against a dark blue background. The Invisible Disabilities Week 2025 blue and white logo is on the image too.

Understanding Invisible Disabilities — It’s All About Empathy

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Understanding invisible disabilities needs to begin with empathy.

But, sadly, empathy seems to be disappearing in our country.

Invisible Disabilities Week takes place from the 19th to the 25th of October this year. It’s a reminder that what people need is empathy, not ignorance; support, not suspicion; compassion; not cruelty.

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Awareness Facts about trigeminal neuralgia. The image is a black and white photo of a woman's face. The woman is looking downwards with her hair covering half her face.

Trigeminal Neuralgia Facts ~ TN Awareness

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Since Trigeminal Neuralgia Awareness Day takes place on the 7th of October, I thought I would share some important facts about this painful condition. It’s not just painful – it’s also cruel and misunderstood. And even though I’ve talked about most of these facts before, they’re worth repeating because trigeminal neuralgia needs more awareness.

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Awareness Trigeminal neuralgia awareness day and facial pain awareness month. The picture includes a woman's face, the picture is faded with a teal hue.

Trigeminal Neuralgia Awareness Day And Facial Pain Awareness Month

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I wrote a few weeks ago that I wanted to take a blogging break to focus more on myself and get my art journey back up and running. However, I didn’t want to let October go by without writing a post as it is Facial Pain Awareness Month and the…

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Awareness Why I blog about trigeminal neuralgia and life with chronic pain. A teal background with a blurry photo of me holding my hand over my face.

Why I Blog About Trigeminal Neuralgia and Chronic Pain

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I know that regular readers already know why I blog about trigeminal neuralgia and life with chronic pain but I thought I would write this post for anyone who doesn’t know. I have a reason for doing this and will explain that later. Why Do I Blog About Trigeminal Neuralgia…

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Awareness Trigeminal neuralgia - so painful, but invisible. The photo shows a woman's face but one side is behind a dark shadow. The background is black with white text.

Trigeminal Neuralgia – So Painful But It’s Invisible

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As I write this, I have sciatica. I am struggling to walk due to a trapped nerve and I can’t straighten up properly. It is extremely painful. If people could see me right now, they would instantly know that I am in pain. As my regular readers know, I live…

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Awareness Trigeminal Neuralgia - you are cruel and Evil. Get out of my face. The background is teal and has white text. There is a photo of me with my hand covering one side of my face.

Trigeminal Neuralgia – Cruel and Evil – Get Out of My Face

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I once wrote a letter to my pain. It was a break-up letter. My pain didn’t take a bit of notice but it felt good writing it. I’m going to write another one, this time to my not-very-dear friend, trigeminal neuralgia. Trigeminal neuralgia is cruel, evil and vicious and I…

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Facial Pain & Trigeminal Neuralgia Facial pain medication. A black and white photo of a person holding their hands over their face. The background of the image is black.

Facial Pain Medication – There’s No One Size Fits All

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Trigeminal neuralgia and other facial pain conditions are so difficult to deal with and finding the right medication is far from easy. Facial pain affects people differently. Some people get lightning bolts shooting through one side of their face. Other people might have stabbing or constant burning pain. Some have…

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Awareness Better facial pain awareness can be achieved by working together. The image is of a face showing only the eyes and part of nose peeking through a teal image. The rest of the background is black, with white writing and teal awareness ribbons.

Better Facial Pain Awareness by Working Together

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There are many advocates within the facial pain community who strive for awareness, and I’m sure I’m not alone in saying that it can be tiring work. However, it’s much-needed work as we need better awareness for facial pain, and by working together, we can hopefully achieve it. Facial Pain…

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