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CBT was an absolute help for my socal anxiety. It seems strange to use it for something like chronic pain but the truth about much anxiety is that you are menta
by logosmonkey 5y ago
CBT was an absolute help for my socal anxiety. It seems strange to use it for something like chronic pain but the truth about much anxiety is that you are mentally creating a world that doesn't exist and reacting to it, CBT is excellent for countering that.
I get that it didn't work for this person and maybe shouldn't have been part of their treatment plan but I think it's unhelpful to many to dismiss it as some sort of abusive behavior as they do.
- cpncrunch 5y ago>It seems strange to use it for something like chronic pain There is extensive evidence that pain is significantly modulated by psychological factors. If that wasn't the case then opioids wouldn't work, as they rely on the descending pain pathway.
- logosmonkey 5y agoThats good context. I don't have a lot of experience with chronic pain but I think I could see how CBT could be a good process to control how you approach pain.