Can My Mental Health Impact My Pain Experience? How Pain Might Require Depression Treatment in Texas1/8/2019 Welcome back to the blog for Mindset Therapy, a telepsychology service in Texas providing therapy from the location of your choice. In today’s blog, we will discuss the connection between your mental health and your pain experience. Did you know that your mood can impact how you experience pain? The reason for the pain response is complicated and will not be covered in this blog. However, regardless of the cause of the pain, the pain experience is impacted by your overall mental well-being. When in pain, it makes it difficult to do things; this can lead to a depressed state. Being depressed then leads to you not doing things you enjoy, feeling down, not sleeping well, and not eating well. A downward spiral of pain worsening depression and depression worsening your pain has begun. You may notice I have referred to the “pain experience”. The pain experience is specific to the person. When providing depression treatment in Texas to individuals experiencing chronic pain, it can be difficult for the person to initially see the link between mood and their pain experience. It is important to understand when your pain is being treated and there is a depression present, this is not to say you do not have an actual injury that is causing your pain and that it is “all in your head”. What research has shown, however, is that your pain experience can be amplified dependent on your current mood. Let’s look at an example of how your mood can impact your pain experience. When things are going well and you have few stressors, you may notice that your pain is a 4 out of 10 (with 10 being the highest pain). The pain is there and present due to the injury, but manageable. However, when your life is more stressful with job, relationships, or kids, you may notice the pain is a 7 out of 10. The injury is unchanged, but how you experience pain with the injury is changed. When you notice an increase in pain, pay attention to your stressors and determine if there is an association. If you find that stressors and a possible depressed mood can be leading to an increase in the pain experience, there is depression treatment in Texas available to you. At Mindset Therapy we provide mental health services from trained professionals, via an online psychologist in Texas, which allows you to attend the appointment from the location most convenient for you. Visit Mindset Therapy to learn more about the services offered. If you are not sure whether the service is right for you, you can also email or call, and we will be happy to discuss the services further!
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