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Have you tried float therapy? I did it twice a week for a while and it helped me a ton. Also talk Therapy and a lot of cardio seem to be key for me too. after years of inconsistent answers and shrugging from docs I was frustrated.

After reading about chronic pain and psychosomatic disorders I think it’s ridiculous how many providers don’t know much about that or are afraid to even mention it. Even after little talks discussing psychological causes of chronic pain with providers I experienced pain relief for days.



Haven't tried float therapy but most things like chiropractic, acupuncture and various forms of massage really didn't do anything except cost me thousands of dollars. Practicing Buddhism has help me let go of attachments to how my body had worked in the past which has helped as I've aged as other things fail.

Talking about the chronic pain in therapy or not, reminds me of how I got injured and how I was treated by my former employer. The more I talk about these feelings and these events, it triggers significant rage some 30 years later. The only way I found to deal with it is by practicing nonattachment. The easiest way to explain is that it's not that I don't feel the anger but it's an attenuated emotion. It passes by without sticking (much) and with some breathing, fades into nothingness till the next time.




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