The Pain Chronicles

Chronic Pain

The Catastrophe of Pain Catastrophizing

Elizabeth Seng Ph.D. on May 14, 2024

Thought patterns matter in chronic pain. However, some use that fact to dismiss and minimize the experience of people living with chronic pain.

Thought patterns matter in chronic pain. However, some use that fact to dismiss and minimize the experience of people living with chronic pain.

Migraine

What Pain Acceptance Really Means

Elizabeth Seng Ph.D. on March 21, 2024

What psychologists mean when they refer to "pain acceptance."

What psychologists mean when they refer to "pain acceptance."

Migraine

People With Migraine Don't Have Attacks to Inconvenience You

Elizabeth Seng Ph.D. on February 20, 2024

Migraine costs American employers billions of dollars annually, but it is easier to blame people with migraine than to work together to find solutions.

Migraine costs American employers billions of dollars annually, but it is easier to blame people with migraine than to work together to find solutions.

Migraine

The Stigma of Migraine Is a Problem

Elizabeth Seng Ph.D. on February 13, 2024

People with and without migraine will learn about migraine stigma from our new epidemiologic research, and strategies to combat migraine stigma in your life.

People with and without migraine will learn about migraine stigma from our new epidemiologic research, and strategies to combat migraine stigma in your life.

Migraine

Resilience in Action

Elizabeth Seng Ph.D. on November 21, 2023

People with migraine develop remarkable resilience and offer lessons for everyone managing unpredictability.

People with migraine develop remarkable resilience and offer lessons for everyone managing unpredictability.

Migraine

5 Tips to Get Through to Your Doctor

Elizabeth Seng Ph.D. on July 17, 2023

Doctors don't always get the diagnosis right. Here's how we as patients can help them figure it out.

Doctors don't always get the diagnosis right. Here's how we as patients can help them figure it out.

Migraine

Why Is a Psychologist Interested in Migraine?

Elizabeth Seng Ph.D. on July 10, 2023

I will let you in on a secret: Psychologists can help people with migraine with a lot more than just treating depression and anxiety.

I will let you in on a secret: Psychologists can help people with migraine with a lot more than just treating depression and anxiety.

Migraine

Banishing the Boring Migraine Lifestyle

Elizabeth Seng Ph.D. on April 28, 2023

Is migraine killing your social life? You do not have to choose between a life of joy and managing migraine.

Is migraine killing your social life? You do not have to choose between a life of joy and managing migraine.

Chronic Pain

Your Pain Is Legitimate

Elizabeth Seng Ph.D. on March 23, 2023

If therapy helps, is my chronic pain real? The science of how your chronic pain is real and can be improved through behavior change.

If therapy helps, is my chronic pain real? The science of how your chronic pain is real and can be improved through behavior change.

Neuroscience

5 Ways to Tell if Your Pain Is Nociplastic

Elizabeth Seng Ph.D. on February 11, 2023

Do you have pain that just can't be explained? It may be nociplastic.

Do you have pain that just can't be explained? It may be nociplastic.

Migraine

Can Mindfulness Help Migraine? 

Elizabeth Seng Ph.D. on January 24, 2023

Are migraine attacks interfering with your life?

Are migraine attacks interfering with your life?