A few years ago, while talking to my pain clinic doctor, I told him that I think online support groups are helpful and that I run one for trigeminal neuralgia sufferers. I asked him if they ever ran patient support groups within the clinic and was shocked when he told…
Tag: Empathy
Awareness
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How to Explain the Pain of Trigeminal Neuralgia
There are many ways to describe the pain of trigeminal neuralgia. Lightning bolts, electric shocks, zapping, stabbing, burning, aching are all perfect descriptions of this horrendous facial pain. Explaining the Pain of Trigeminal Neuralgia to Help People Understand Sometimes non-sufferers may think that some of those explanations are far-fetched. They’re…
Emotional & Mental Health
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How to Support Someone who has an Invisible Illness
Some illnesses are obvious to the naked eye. If someone is hobbling around with a plaster cast on their leg, we can tell they have a broken leg. If they have misshapen fingers, we can normally presume that they have painful arthritis. But so many people have health conditions that…