Writing can be cathartic, and journaling about your pain can help a chronic pain patient tremendously in many ways.
In the past, if you wanted to journal, you would need to break out the ol’ pen and paper. And while this is still the preferred method for many, the internet offers many tools for those who want to journal and suffer from chronic pain.
One major benefit in journaling chronic pain is the “business” portion of your journal. By keeping track of your highest pain days, the activities you have done that day, how you relieved the pain (at least somewhat), and what your stress level is, you can report these findings back to your doctor, and he may be able to identify triggers for your pain.
In your personal portion of your journal, write down your thoughts, emotions and feelings. By writing it down on paper (or typing it into a computer), chronic pain patients often find they feel better just by getting those thoughts off their minds.
-Dr. Tory McJunkin
