@A MyFibroTeam Member Basically if you are feeling positive you have less adrenaline running around in your body. Too much adrenaline aggravates our pain. So pain decreases when we feel positive. It doesn't mean it is gone.

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@A MyFibroTeam Member Yes. I've tried it in several therapy groups. And in one on one therapy. The way it works is you learn to change negative thinking patterns into positive thoughts. I did it mostly through working out the negative thoughts into positive thoughts on paper. They like to call it homework. In group or in sessions with your therapist you go over your homework and talk about it.
If you do the exercises every day it does work. And you start feeling better about yourself and your life. Thing is? It is work. I found that as long as I did the homework and kept at it i felt good. Once i stopped doing the work the old patterns of thinking returned.
I hope someday to get into another group. I like feeling good about myself. 🙄

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I took the self management workshop on line for chronic illness. Or the same workshop is available through the pain management clinic. Really helped because ,what I got out of it, was that this workshop was focused on tools etc for dealing with a chronic illness. I have been to therapy for deep emotional pain as dealing with deaths etc.

I've been I counseling for several years and it has really helped me

I've had a similar experience as Marsha. I attended a group also. My sister is a CBT therapist (she doesn't treat me) and she says it is very successful but doesn't require long term counseling like some psychotherapies.