Didn't think it would help but it has. Made me re-evaluate my life. Made lots of positive changes and feel more able to cope with my pain and social events that I'd avoided before because of fear of a flare up.

Although my level of daily physical pain has not changed much, the way I deal with it has. Thanks to techniques learned on the course I have realized the importance of my attitude towards the pain, how changing the way I think about it can have a really positive effect. I'm already a great advocate of staying as physical as I can and always try to get some exercise into my daily routine, and have appreciated a few new stretching exercises picked up on the course. I haven't reached all my goals, but I am still on the journey. I'm not afraid of flare ups because I feel better equipped to deal with them and have also learned that worrying about the condition can have a negative physical effect, so I am working extra hard on staying positive and doing something every day. I have not been very successful with meditation and sleep patterns. but I have developed a way to relax which has made a positive difference to my well being. Most of all, I know now, that getting myself into a position of control is key. I will dictate my lifestyle, within my limits, but I will not let the pain define those limits. 

At the start of the course I had little faith that it would help me as I have had problems with pain over 10 years. Nothing seemed to work, I was fed up with endless doctors appointments, medication going up and down. The feeling that no one understood what its like. Friends and family saying how can you still be in pain, you should be better by now. The most helpful thing for me was to learn how to relax and let go of my fear of pain. To take back my feeling of control to understand that I didn't have to do everything in one day. That it is ok to say I am having a bad day today lets do something tomorrow. Thank you so much for the experience of this course.