i was involved in a car accident Feb 2022 and since then have had this pain which has been always said to me oh you have chronic pain which I'm not stupid pain is pain but this wasn't a pain i have felt before in my life anyways fast forward to various appointments with medical professionals and MRI scans later i was diagnosed with FM this has affected my day to day life which is frustrating and upsetting i have always been a happy go lucky kind of guy always up for a laugh but this condition has kept me from doing so much this effects my emotions as well as the physical side i feel as if this condition has robbed me from living a normal life I cannot beat it even though I've been trying for the last 3 years paying for things i shouldn't taking more than I should. I have found myself hitting rock bottom wanting to end the pain not my life but those go hand in hand i mask my pain with humor. I'm after advice I don't understand this condition, and this is me reaching out and wanting to find out more thanks for reading :)🧐🥸
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If the damage from you accident is healed, then the next stage is to ask yourself, is there any emotional baggage from this time that you didn't or couldn't deal with?
I'll take a stab at possibles to maybe help he thinking process. You had an accident and you feared you might die and that scared you. You think you should be glad you didn't die but you can't shift the what ifs and fear around what death is?
You survived the accident and people want you to move on and not dwell on what ifs? What if people had been hurt or worse and it was somehow your fault? You friends say, well that didn't happen so buck up! But maybe you need to explore these issues with a counsellor?
Some people want to know why they survived, esp if they are going to be left disabled and/or in chronic pain. They should be grateful but you can't seem to get there.
You had other things going on around that time that are unexplored and unhealed. Perhaps, now you have time, you need to unpack these issues?
Accidents are handy as a (time) signpost to point you in the direction of things that might need your attention.
Maybe you had been ignoring your feelings and the accident is now making you face your issues. Facing your fears, and all that good stuff.
On the other hand, if your body isn't fully healed, maybe the pain is pointing to something misaligned? I don't know? Do you need a good body worker?
Dealing with our emotional and spiritual side is a lifelong study that most of us wont embark on unless pushed. We all have our 'Shadow' side that we like to ignore. Our fears and hurts and so on that we don't know how to process. Some of us are very good at burying emotional pain so deep, it's only when our body cries out it is now in physical pain we even think to wonder what it's all about?
I'm offering my two pennerth because you asked. Looking up Shadow Work on line might help you decide if it's something you want to do? Or look into counselling if you know what you need to look at. Fibro is a problem because there aren't easy answers. Too many of us will swallow anything to numb the awful pain but it isn't a fix. Worse if the pain has an emotional root, then working on the physical can't work. Worser still, the meds we blithely swallow, are too often damaging our bodies and messing with our minds. Some will leave you brittle and $uicidal. Not your fault!
Fibro isn't all in your head. I suspect it is a mix of head and body and that's why it's hard to untangle. The emotions need to work from where they get lodged in the body, out into the head and then you let it go. Not easy, but it's surprising how doing the work helps on many levels making the pain we do feel easier.
I hope you find some help and answers from the lovely people on this forum. We all have our ideas and methods that help us some. You just need to look and see if what we can offer is something that might suit you.
Hi LFC4eva_ , hi we meet again. I was reading your post then the one comment that comes from the psychological side. Yes the physical and psychological go hand in hand but I am going to address the physical aspect because as I was reading your post that was what spoke out to me. I could have written what you wrote as that has been what I have been dealing with in the last one and a half years. Mine wasn’t brought on by an accident. There wasn’t anything that explained why this pain started. I have had fibro and CFS/ME for 31yrs but this was something above and beyond the regular pain. I have been through the musical doctors with scans, MRIs, tests, etc and sent back to prior doctors saying it didn’t need surgery nothing neurosurgical but neurological issues which neurologist said “everything is neurological because it involves the brain”. I have felt the same way. Just wanted to end the pain. Found out the CBD gummies either don’t work or if I take just a little more (70mg vs 20mg) I have a low tolerance and experienced a “bad high” (never did cannabis, nor any other substance) that I just had to “sleep it off”. It was just the other day I ran across a video on YouTube on fibromyalgia that said fibromyalgia is progressive in that it changes in the nature of the pain. To not give up in going to doctors in trying to see if there is something else going on. To not feel like a hypochondriac (which was how I have been feeling lately because of seeing all the doctors and yes my neurologist said “it is polypharmacutical” which made me feel worse) but there is so many symptoms going on in fibromyalgia that are caused by other conditions.
Hi Sarahvit
Firstly thank you for the reply it does mean a lot getting replies and trying to understand the world of fibromyalgia. I have been to see doctors as standard and been given various medications to take and some have the numbing affect you mentioned then it’s back to square one if it’s not the shooting pain in random places it’s the all over it’s like someone has just stabbed me so quickly and ran away.
I have also tried the cannabis oil vapes they cost a fortune I somehow loose them (forgetting where I put them but even till this day I cannot find them haha) they have that numbing affect, the taste is not the best or the looks I was getting from people especially at work because of the smell. I’ve never tried the gummies but from what you’ve said I think I would experience the same taking more than recommended so due to me spending so much on the oils I’m kinda worried that I’ll go rogue with that but I’m staying positive. I’ve never had much look with the doctors but finally when one said you had fibromyalgia I was so relived only because the hospital doctors have called it fibromyalgia but my own doctors have called it chronic pain and told me it could go away with the concoction of pills they’re giving me which sounds like a bad punch line in an even worse movie but to end on the positive note I will check out the video and I welcome any advice thank you so much 😊 🤩
I have the same problem of loosing or “miss placing” things that I still have not been able to find my iPhone 11 to this day. I have asked all my children if I had given it to them but each said no. So I have no idea where it is. I have had this problem over the years. I know some things were stolen in cahoots with narcissistic husband. 😢 But it is material things so I can’t take it with me.
Thanks for video, a good reminder we probably all need, I know I certainly do. I've definitely got white coat fatigue! The "musical doctors" is spot on 🤣🤣
Hi LFC4eva_ I find this forum very useful and the members helpful between them they helped me understand the my entire GP practice I hope find what your looking for
Could you possibly tell me did LFC ever have gold or silver in there kit am working memorial for a big fans family
Stay safe Brother...
Pastafox
This is the first time me using anything this way forum/searching for answers male pride I guess but I’m learning it’s ok to ask questions seek information I can’t do this by myself 😅 so I do hope I find some answers some sort of relief in how I’m feeling.
LFC have always had the yellow Nike tick in the home kits until this season so that could represent gold. And in there away mainly 3rd kits the tick was always white so that could represent silver hope this helps a little.
Look after yourself brother.
Hi LFC4eva_ 🤗🩷🥰🌿🌸🦋
I’m so sorry you are suffering so badly from this and everything that followed your accident.
I’ve had FM/CFS since my late 20s will be 74 next month. I empathize with the depth of your pain/suffering.
I think it would be best if I do a Q & A with you if you don’t mind. You must know that because we all are unique in our creation that our experiences are as vastly unique as we all are. It’s great to read our fellow members backstories and experiences so we have a broader scope of possibilities with FM.
I’ve been told trauma can trigger FM. it can be either physical or mental or both. I was diagnosed as severe…it has progressed to beyond extreme.
What specific questions do you have? I will do my best to answer them from my perspective.
EvaJo/EJ 🤗🙏🕊️
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