Topic Tuesday // Let’s Chat: Chronic Pain & Mental Health // Tues 1st March, 7:00-8:30PM AEDT

Looking forward to this! I hope I remember to come. 🙂

Hi Everyone 👋,

We will be kicking off this Topic Tuesday discussion on Chronic Pain in about 30 mins and looking forward to having you join us live or later on after the event.
It actually came as a direct suggestion from our community here on the forums & feel it will be an informative and robust conversation.

This discussion will touch on what Chronic Pain is, pathways in finding support & how it intersects with mental health and our overall wellbeing.
Our guest for tonight is @Former-Member , one of our colleagues from the SANE help centre.
They bring a lived experience of living with chronic pain as well as supporting others in this space.

This is a chance for us to learn from each other, as well as contribute any of our own experiences for the benefit of the community 😊

Tagging those who supported this post and may be interested

@Unic0rn @Clydemichael @cloudcore @Fluttershy1 @Shaz51 @MHPhysio @Gwynn @Former-Member @Emelia8 @WhiteRoseDurga @JaxV

See those of you who can make it soon!
Flybluebird 😄

Hi @Former-Member @AFK @Bill16 @CrazyChick @Determined @Dimity @MDT @HardWork @Lily6 @M_7 @Meowmy @Saige @Smc @Snowie @TAB @maddison

Just tagging people who are online to invite you to join tonight's Topic Tuesday on chronic pain!

It will be starting in a few minutes if you are interested in joining in 😊

Hello @cloudcore , @Former-Member , @WhiteRoseDurga 😀❤

@Owlunar , @Adge

Hi there SANE community,

Welcome to our discussion about Chronic pain. We are joined by @Former-Member who has experience with supporting others in this area as well as their own lived experience of living with it. We also have @cloudcore joining us tonight for this community chat.

What are you most interested in and what do you hope to explore in this discussion?

@Emelia8 ❤

So, we’d like to take this moment to officially introduce our guest @Former-Member who is here with us tonight.
Could you tell us a little bit about your background & experience?

Hey folks! I’m Oshun_Blu (they/she), and I’m one of the Counsellors from the SANE Australia team. I also happen to live with chronic pain and have for most of my life. I live with Ehlers-dahnlos syndrome, a connective tissue disorder that affects many areas of my body including my joints. It was only after I was diagnosed with ADHD & Autism as an adult that my care team was able to finally uncover the mystery symptoms that eluded doctors for years. In addition to Ehlers-danlos Syndrome, I have a blood clotting disorder called Factor V Leiden, and experience chronic pain in my chest & legs following a hospitalisation for Pulmonary Embolism and Deep-vein thrombosis last year. While I have recovered from the initial hospitalisation, the experience resulted in some scar tissue inside my legs, heart and lungs. I am passionate about destigmatising the experience of chronic pain and how it connects to our mental health. In addition to working with the team at SANE I am undertaking a Master of Cognitive Neuroscience through CQ University with a focus on stress responses and neurodiversity, though am currently on hiatus to focus more on my own overall wellbeing 😊