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Greetings and salutations! Today's topic is all about scents. Aromatherapy helps me with my pain significantly so I wanted to share some research and first-hand experiences with it on today's show. I lightly cover synesthesia, imagination, stimulating the senses to survive those shitty moments we are far too familiar with, as well as the effects aromatherapy has on the brain! If it can help one other human person out there, awesome! I hope it helps you and I hope you enjoy! Please note that the information provided on this show serves as an alternative pain management technique(s) and not medical advice, recommendations or cures. Consult your doctors. If you'd like to get in touch, continue a discussion, or you'd like to submit your stories for the show, reach out! Email us: [email protected]. Instagram: Follow, like, share, DM @thepainpals, and check out the website: www.thepainpals.com As always, be kind to yourself and those in your life. Thanks for listening!

This episode explores gaming as an alternative pain management option, recorded while gaming. Improving pain tolerance via video games is definitely of interest to me. I've certainly benefited from game play during my CRPS flare-ups (and surgical procedures, to name a couple) and believe various game types could thoroughly benefit others who deal with chronic pain, not just acute pain. If talk about canna-gummies, being distracted while distracted, gaming, and the psychology of color and emotion in video games is of interest to you, check it out! It got a little weird, but it was fun. If you enjoyed the show, please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts. It really helps and we totes appreciate it! If you want to get in touch with me, hit me up on Instagram @thepainpals, you can also email us (topics of interest to discuss, stories, etc) [email protected], and you check out the official Pain Pals Podcast website: thepainpals.com (!!!!!) *Excitement! If you would like to further support the show, you can donate via anchor: anchor.fm/painpals/support Thank you, my fellow pain pals! Be kind to yourself and others. Until next time.

Greetings friends, today's episode is all about dental dilemmas as a product of chronic pain. Dental dilemmas and tooth loss may be an ever present part of your life when you live with a chronic pain condition, not just due to deteriorating oral hygiene, but due to stress and pain. Listen in to find out more! If you'd like to get in touch with us, share your story, or suggest a topic of interest to share on the show, email us: [email protected] Follow and interact with us on Instagram @thepainpals and check out the website: thepainpals.wixsite.com/ready If you would like to further support the show, you can donate via Anchor, https://anchor.fm/painpals/support Thanks so much for listening! 

Howdy howdy folks! This is an impromptu episode, recorded right after my 2nd dose of the Pfizer covid vaccine. That shit was cray. This is what my experience with the 2nd dose of the vaccine was like having CRPS. Cannabis and ice, pinapple pizza, calling dudes baby girl, and so much more. Give it a go! Please support the podcast by leaving us a review on Apple podcasts and by sharing it! Share it with your friends, your homies, your pals. Let's keep the conversation going. If you’d like to share your story or have a topic of interest you would like to hear about, email us: [email protected] Follow us, like and share on Instagram @thepainpals And check out the website, thepainpals.wixsite.com/ready For those who would like to further support the show, you can donate and subscribe via anchor, https://anchor.fm/painpals/support.  Take care!

Happy National Therapy Animal Day! It's not today, but it recently was, so here we are. The first minute and a half is just nonsense. You've been warned. It's nonsense and laughing. As for the rest of the episode, we talk about the effects pets have on people with chronic pain. There's evidence that they make life worth living, but what else do they bring into our lives? How do our pets change our lives? Let’s keep the conversation going: If you’d like to get in touch with us, want to share your story, or have a topic of interest you’d like to hear about, send us an email at [email protected] Follow us, like and share on Instagram @thepainpals And check out the website, thepainpals.wixsite.com/ready, linked in the bio, where you can download and listen to all episodes. Blog and shop will be updated shortly! And lastly, for those who would like to further support the show, you can donate and subscribe via anchor, link’s in the bio. Thanks so much for listening. Until next time, friends!

Have you ever experienced the opposite reaction to a medication or drug you took and wondered why? Check this out and find out! You can stream and download this and all previous episodes from the website: thepainpals.wixsite.com/ready, follow us on Instagram @thepainpals, and email us at [email protected]. We'd love to hear your stories, feedback, comments on the topic, so reach out. Thanks for listening and supporting this podcast. Merch will be available shortly! 

Today I'm addressing my lengthy hiatus, laughing at funerals, the sun and this one bird are ruining my life, plus pain stigma and what we can do to give the "hushening" the bird. Shit-gets-real talk. A moment of seriousness. Come take a listen and check out the website, which is live now! http://www.thepainpals.wixsite.com/ready  because we are ready, y'all! Let me know what you think! I appreciate you!

This is a short and sweet little episode regarding painsomnia and sleep deprivation.  Have you wondered what sleep hygiene is? Or what can you do to improve the relationship between your chronic pain and insomnia? If you have wondered these questions, perhaps even how they affect you, then join me on this solo episode as I explore how chronic pain impacts our sleep and the role sleep deprivation plays on our health. Research information gathered from the following sources: CDC.gov/sleep;  AASm.org;  AmeriSleep.com; and healthline.com/health/sleep-deprivation/effects-on-body. If you liked the show, give us some love by sharing with your peoples!  If you'd like to throw some suggestions our way, perhaps a story, you can send us an email at [email protected]. You can also find us on Istagram @thepainpals where you can follow, like, and DM to connect! And you can catch us anywhere you listen to podcasts. Your support and listenership are greatly appreciated!! If you would like to further support the show with a donation, you can do so via anchor.fm/painpals.  The links are on our anchor and Instagram pages! Thank you so very much for listening, pain pals! Until next time. . . ~.*

Episode 1 is broken down into 2 installments. This is Part 2: The Cyborgs Experience. We talk about the defining characteristics of cyborgs and transhumanists. We also dive into some of the experiments we've conducted at home, Futurama-mama and lasers, increased environmental sensitivities (which seem like superpowers), and adaptability. Plus, we entertain upgrades, Vicky da Robot, bitchiness, and Kane Fu. All in all, we have fun. Let us know what you think! Email us your suggestions, topics that may be of interest to you, or stories you would like us to share! Thanks for listening and stay tuned for the next episode!