Managing symptoms

This one is for the night when the pain has stopped being the main problem and not sleeping has taken over.

A four-minute explainer for families who have been told the tests came back normal.

Chronic Pain as You’ve Never Heard it Before • Episode 6 • Season 1 • December 5, 2024In this episode, Sophia (age 18), Bridget (age 16), and Brooke (age 23) describe how they talk with friends, family, and teachers about pain.

The point is not to breathe correctly. The point is to give a body that is bracing something else to do.

Maya spent two years explaining. What changed was not that people started believing her—it was that she stopped needing them to.

Pain is always produced by the brain. That is not imaginary—and getting the distinction right, changes what you are able to say next.