5yrs of terrible pain

I am unsure where to post this, but perhaps volunteers Rachel and Jennifer have some feedback about the following list of books recommended to me by Kaiser Regional Chronic Pain programs:

• Buddha’s Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love,
and Wisdom by Rick Hanson, PhD, and Richard Mendius, MD
(available for purchase in the KP Health Education Department)

• They Can’t Find Anything Wrong! 7 Keys to Understanding,
Treating, and Healing Stress Illness by David D. Clarke, PhD

• Writing to Heal: A Guided Journal for Recovering from Trauma
and Emotional Upheaval by J. W. Pennebaker

• The Little ACT Workbook by Michael Sinclair, PhD

• The Mindful Self-Compassion Workbook: A Proven Way to Accept
Yourself, Build Inner Strength, and Thrive by Kristin Neff, PhD, and
Managing Your Pain Participant Workbook 130
Christopher Germer, PhD

• The Brain’s Way of Healing by Norman Doidge, MD

• Living Beyond Your Pain: Using Acceptance and Commitment
Therapy to Ease Chronic Pain by JoAnne Dahl, PhD, Tobias
Lundgren, MS, and Steven C. Hayes, PhD

• Managing Pain before It Manages You by Margaret Caudill, MD,
PhD

I am unsure where to post this, but perhaps volunteers Rachel and Jennifer have some feedback about the following list of books recommended to me by Kaiser Regional Chronic Pain programs:

• Buddha’s Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love,
and Wisdom by Rick Hanson, PhD, and Richard Mendius, MD
(available for purchase in the KP Health Education Department)

• They Can’t Find Anything Wrong! 7 Keys to Understanding,
Treating, and Healing Stress Illness by David D. Clarke, PhD

• Writing to Heal: A Guided Journal for Recovering from Trauma
and Emotional Upheaval by J. W. Pennebaker

• The Little ACT Workbook by Michael Sinclair, PhD

• The Mindful Self-Compassion Workbook: A Proven Way to Accept
Yourself, Build Inner Strength, and Thrive by Kristin Neff, PhD, and
Managing Your Pain Participant Workbook 130
Christopher Germer, PhD

• The Brain’s Way of Healing by Norman Doidge, MD

• Living Beyond Your Pain: Using Acceptance and Commitment
Therapy to Ease Chronic Pain by JoAnne Dahl, PhD, Tobias
Lundgren, MS, and Steven C. Hayes, PhD

• Managing Pain before It Manages You by Margaret Caudill, MD,
PhD

Hi there @notmoff -
These are fantastic resources! Thank you for providing such a helpful list. I think its pretty awesome that your chronic pain program recommended a wide range of neuroplasticity and cognitive behavioral resources to help self-manage chronic pain.

I'm tagging @jenniferhunter so she will notice your post. I'm sure she'll be interested. As for me, I have not read any of theses books, but do follow their recommended practices as part of my daily chronic pain-management plan. I began learning a lot through my own research and application, but Mayo Clinic's Pain Rehabilitation Center pulled it all together for me.

How are you doing in your daily journey? Have you found useful and helpful tools or practices that help you manage?

to @rwinney - I'm newly homebound, awaiting library delivery of a few of those pain books Kaiser listed for me. I have a long way to go in my search for some pain relief with no real lessons learned other than following the impulse to persist when it seems realistic. I value Mayo Connect's providing this sharing forum!

@notmoff I'm sure glad you found us here on Connect! It is a wonderful forum to receive support, encouragement, and share valuable information and experience.

You mention having a long way to go in your search for pain relief. How long has your pain journey been? What steps have you taken thus far? I get the feeling you may be trying to move past the exclusive hope that medications and procedures are enough to do the job. Am I correct? Please fill me in.

to @rwinney - I'm newly homebound, awaiting library delivery of a few of those pain books Kaiser listed for me. I have a long way to go in my search for some pain relief with no real lessons learned other than following the impulse to persist when it seems realistic. I value Mayo Connect's providing this sharing forum!

Do you know what triggered your pain. Trauma infections bad reactions to a drug ?

@rwinney - My original pain was trauma from the car accident in the mid 70's - never really described or even acknowledged by Kaiser apparently because there were no outward signs of damage . I was told I survived the accident by the fire department who extracted me with the "jaws of life" because I had the original seat belt somewhat re-designed into a shoulder belt. The inattentive driver's heavier car drove left into the driver's side (me) when I was travelling about 40 mph and pushed my VW bug way out of the intersection.