Staying Sane with Chronic Pain is a self-help book for people who have chronic pain. It is written by someone who has chronic pain and who has to live with it. The focus of the book is how to find a way of coming to terms with pain and live with it in such a way that your mental health and your peace of mind is of primary importance.
Themes such as acceptance, responsibility and thought management are explored in an empathic kind way which is sympathetic to the unique difficulties of the person suffering with chronic pain. In fact, the principal aim of the book is to enable the reader to convert suffering with pain to management of pain.
The book's tone is one of kindness and empathy as the author's perspective is one of somebody who has endured many years of chronic neuropathic pain and treatment.
The author's experience and training in psychotherapy and mental health nursing facilitates a credible framework to exploring the mental health element of coping with chronic pain.
If you are looking for a practical and understanding book about how to understand and live with it the often hidden mental anguish of chronic pain then this is the book for you.