Fibromyalgia & Chronic Pain
When pain and exhaustion affect more than your body.
Perhaps you're living with persistent pain, overwhelming fatigue or symptoms that seem to change from one day to the next. You may struggle with sleep, concentration or finding enough energy for everyday activities. Some days you can manage more than others. Sometimes doing too much leaves you paying for it afterwards.
You might feel frustrated that other people do not always understand what you're experiencing, particularly when your symptoms are not visible. Living with persistent pain can affect many different aspects of life.
The Mind Works helps you explore how physical symptoms, recovery, psychological wellbeing, relationships and everyday circumstances may interact, and discover what might help you better understand your experience.
Does Any of This Sound Familiar?
Recognising your symptoms is one thing. Understanding how they affect your energy, recovery, relationships and everyday life — and how these experiences may interact — is another.
I experience pain or physical discomfort that can make everyday activities difficult.
I often feel exhausted, even when I've had time to rest.
My symptoms can change considerably, making it difficult to plan ahead.
I sometimes struggle with concentration, memory or finding the right words.
Physical or mental activity can sometimes leave me feeling worse afterwards.
I feel frustrated when other people do not understand how much my symptoms affect me.
THERE'S MORE TO YOUR EXPERIENCE
Why Living with Fibromyalgia Can Be So Complicated
Fibromyalgia is more than the experience of pain alone. It can involve persistent fatigue, unrefreshing sleep, cognitive difficulties, changes in physical functioning and symptoms that fluctuate over time.
Researchers continue to investigate the complex processes involved in fibromyalgia, including changes in how the nervous system processes pain and other sensory information. Living with ongoing symptoms can also influence many other aspects of life.
Poor sleep may affect energy and concentration. Pain and fatigue can limit activity and recovery. Unpredictable symptoms may make it difficult to plan, maintain routines or manage responsibilities. Relationships, financial pressures, work, caring responsibilities and the experience of feeling misunderstood can introduce additional challenges.
The Mind Works encourages you to explore your physical symptoms alongside recovery, available capacity, psychological wellbeing, relationships and everyday circumstances, recognising that living with fibromyalgia involves much more than managing pain alone.
Understanding the Different Parts of Your Experience
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Connection
How understood, supported and connected do you feel while living with persistent symptoms?
Explore how relationships, emotional support, communication, expectations and the experience of having an often-invisible condition may influence your wellbeing and everyday life.
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Resources
Do you have the energy, recovery, physical capacity and practical support needed to manage everyday demands?
Explore how pain, fatigue, sleep, symptom fluctuations, activity limitations, health and available resources may affect what feels manageable from day to day.
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Identity
How has living with persistent symptoms influenced the way you see yourself and what you expect of yourself?
Explore how changes in your abilities, roles, independence, expectations and sense of identity may influence confidence, self-criticism and your experience of living with a chronic condition.
Begin Understanding Your Experience
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Start Exploring
Begin with a short introductory assessment focused on your experience of fibromyalgia, persistent pain, fatigue and everyday functioning.
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Discover Your Free Insights
Continue exploring different aspects of your physical and psychological wellbeing, personal experiences, available resources and everyday circumstances through the free assessment.
Go Deeper, If You Choose
Go Deeper, If You Choose
An optional Comprehensive Personal Insight Report (£19.95) provides a more extensive exploration of the factors that may be influencing your experience and how different aspects of your wellbeing may interact.
The comprehensive report is entirely optional. The Mind Works assessment does not diagnose fibromyalgia, determine the medical cause of pain or replace appropriate healthcare.
Understand Yourself. Discover What May Help.
Your experience involves more than your symptoms alone.
The Mind Works assessment offers an opportunity to explore how physical health, recovery, psychological wellbeing, relationships and everyday circumstances may be influencing your experience, recognise connections and consider what might help you move forward.
FIBROMYALGIA RESEARCH
Help Us Better Understand the Experience of Fibromyalgia
The Mind Works Fibromyalgia Research Study aims to explore the lived experiences of people with fibromyalgia, including symptoms, everyday functioning and the different factors that may influence wellbeing. By sharing your experience, you can contribute to a broader understanding of what living with fibromyalgia is really like.