Hi friends! Oh boy...I'm feeling super nervous and anxious by uploading this video. First let me state that this is not a creative, stitching type video. I'm sharing what I've been going through for the past month in regards to my life with chronic pain due to having Trigeminal Neuralgia and Anesthesia Dolorosa. I have an entire playlist dedicated to this topic, which I will link below in case you're interested.

Some of you may ask why would I put videos like this up on a creative and art based channel. The number one reason is for awareness of what I have and making connections with others who also suffer with this horrific and painful disease or any other type of chronic pain. Secondly, my pain affects every single aspect of my life, which includes being creative, having the ability to function enough to work on projects etc. Hence the reason I share this on my channel : )

As I mention in the video, this isn't an attempt to garner sympathy, attention etc. It's all about awareness and complete honesty as to what I am dealing with, which in turn affects my ability to share anything creatively on my channel, which is the sole reason I made a channel in the first place : )

I'll have a link to my TN/Chronic Pain playlist below, as well as links to the Facial Pain Association (FPA) and a few other websites that are relevant to this video topic.

Thank you for taking the time to watch this video and for letting me share with you what I've been dealing with and going through. I TRULY APPRECIATE all of you.

Have a wonderful day my creative friends : )

*********************LINKS MENTIONED IN THE VIDEO*********************
My Journey With Trigeminal Neuralgia playlist: https://bit.ly/2qOafMa
Facial Pain Association website: https://www.facepain.org/
Assoc. Of Neurological Surgeons: https://bit.ly/43TzKv1


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