I was interviewed by The U.S. Pain Foundation for their INvisible Project, Disparities (3rd Edition) on the topic of #MedicalGaslighting.

Check it out here: https://invisibleproject.org/medical-gaslighting-the-devastating-effects-of-being-told-your-symptoms-are-not-valid/

Want me to come to your...

Watch the webinar here: https://youtu.be/_Mqh3_DWAIg

Original article as posted on The Peggy Lillis Foundation: https://peggyfoundation.org/story/dr-melissa-geraghty-psy-d/

Get ready for a giant post on waiting room etiquette!

I've had many medical appts this past month. Here's what not to do in the waiting room.

1. Leave your sh*t at the door. No one wants to hear you arguing as a couple. We are not an audience on The Jerry Springer Show.

2. Use your inside voice....

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Check out my article in this RARE entrepreneur series with Rare Revolution Magazine!

  -- meeting the beating hearts behind...

Alt text: Picture of Dr. G with back to camera, standing in front of an ocean. Middle finger extended in defiance of chronic pain. Text overlay says "I'll be okay. Just not today."

I've been having a particularly difficult week, medically. Truth be told, it's been a bad few years.

It's okay to...

A heartfelt thanks to all those representing #Migraine and #Headache Diseases today at Headache on The Hill!

Flashback to 2018, my first #HOH!

#HOH2023 #Advocacy #ChronicIllness #ChronicPain #WashingtonDC

Join our waitlist so you can be amongst the first to know when the next class will be. You will get to decide if you'd like to join the next class BEFORE it gets sold out!

https://www.phoenixrisingwithdrg.com/join-the-waitlist-for-empowered-relief

Alt Text: Got Pain? Learn more here. Dr. Melissa Geraghty presents Empowered Relief. 

Event: Empowered Relief™

Where: Zoom

When: 02.15.23 at 5pm Central Time

Registration: https://www.phoenixrisingwithdrg.com/store

ONLY 10 SPOTS PER CLASS!

Empowered Relief™ is an...

Alt Image text: MacKenzie Strong. Close-up picture of a young woman looking off into the distance, wearing a hat.

I have known MacKenzie for many years as we are both part of the (very) complex medical patient community. She is a wonderful young woman with a heart of gold.

This year,...

Image Alt Text: Empowered Relief Testimonial: "The binaural audio alone was worth the class. I loved it! And for everyone who can't see a pain therapist weekly, the class gets right to the heart of what they can work on to deal with their pain."

As someone with multiple chronic pain conditions as...

If you didn't make it to the Live webinar on Tuesday, no worries! The recording is now available on YouTube:

Living mentally well with chronic pain conditions

3 years ago today I had neurosurgery.

It feels like yesterday and forever ago all at the same time. I forgot the date was coming up and I am caught off guard. All the feels.

#TetheredCord #NEISvoid #MEspine #RareDisease #ChronicPain #ChronicIllness #SpinalCordInjury

“Self-management is the number one, most important part of the multidisciplinary model because medications may help some, but not completely, and we’re living day to day with pain that goes up and down." (From U.S. Pain Foundation's article bit.ly/3BxCNy3)

Join me tomorrow...

The interesting thing about listening to your body with chronic illness is sometimes it's:

"I acknowledge you and will make some needed accommodations in this moment, AND I'm going to keep pushing because this event/work is important/worth it."

If I always listened to what my body wanted, I...

Empowered Relief™ is an evidence-based, single-session pain class that rapidly equips patients with pain management skills. It was developed at Stanford University.

Here's how you will benefit:

1. You will learn about the science of pain and what you can do to help yourself.
2. You will gain...

I am a complex medical patient and a pain psychologist.

I get it.

Join me for a Live 2hr 15min Zoom class to learn pain management skills.

Register today to reserve your spot!

https://www.phoenixrisingwithdrg.com/store

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Migraine & Headache Awareness Month is coming to a close, however advocacy and awareness needs to occur all year round!

View my 2017 interview with INvisible Project, 1st Migraine Edition, online:

https://invisibleproject.org/dr-melissa-geraghty/

Also checkout my article, "Medical History...

Thank you, Jenn Heater for taking the time to interview me on a topic that is so near and dear to my heart!

http://www.migraineheadacheawarenessmonth.org/fighting-for-access-advocating-with-dr-g/?fbclid=IwAR2s1JFXZoc8BHL_YI2lz3hg4VkvxFLF9Olz62vpeSDBMIOeMbHDqP0f9FM

#mham #mham2022 ...

Heads UP - Episode 126: Migraine Medication Failures

National Headache Foundation

"Have you had a migraine medication fail you? Or have multiple migraine medications failed you? How did it make you feel? In this episode of Heads UP Lindsay Weitzel, Ph.D. talks to Melissa Geraghty Psy.D. about...