Welcome to Tell Me About Your Pain.

I'm Alan Gordon.

And I'm Alonzev.

Today we're going to talk about negative thoughts like criticism, pressure, shame, how these affect your pain and what you can do about it.

Before we dive in, we wanted to tell you guys about a free event that our partners at Curable are doing on September 23rd. It's an event to learn all about curable groups. Curable groups is a 12-week

intensive healing boot camp. There are weekly video workshops with a supportive group of peers

and guidance from some of the top chronic pain physicians. This is the only opportunity to learn about curable groups and sign up for one until next year.

I've actually talked to a handful of patients who have really benefited from these groups.

Curable is also giving away free printable workbooks and flashcards to everyone who attends,

so even if you decide not to sign up for a group, it'll still be

worth your time. Again, that's happening on September 23rd. You can learn more and RSVP at curable

groups.com. Today we're going to be talking about negative thinking. And this is a topic that

really resonates with me personally. As long as I

can remember, I've had this little voice in my head that is constantly criticizing me, putting

pressure on me, you know, just generally making me feel bad. It's always about work, about

productivity, about getting stuff done, you know.

Getting to the bottom of your to-do list.

Oh, the to-do list haunts me, yes.

And, you know, and the little voice is always saying, you know, yesterday, you should have

crossed more stuff off the list.

Right.

Or today, you really have to cross everything off the list or, you know, you're not good. I feel like I'm going to start emailing you stuff at like 1130 p.m. just you're being like ready to go to bed. You're like,

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