Fleur
Curable just isn't working for me
Curable just isn't working for me. My pain has not improved at all over 4 months of use. They say don't expect pain while you use the app, because if pain relief is your goal then it won't work. Except the app is FOR pain relief, which is what I'm hoping and paying for. {$100 for the year during a "half off" special."} While I don't expect pain relief miracles after a few months, I feel like I have NO tangible tools or new skills to even manage or slightly reduce my chronic pain. I've been doing one of their exercises daily, repeating alot of them (as directed.) There are 4 categories: Meditation, Education, Brain Training, and Writing. The Education sessions are decent. They explain how different factors (anxiety, trauma, PERFECTIONISM or workaholic issues) can contribute to chronic pain. But everything else has been absolutely no help to me. The Meditations are useless, IMO. And they make up a huge chunk of how Curable works. A recent example had the title "Identity Mediation." The intro to the exercise referenced how chronic pain can impact or take over many/all aspects of your life: ability to work, socializing with family and friends, sleeping, finances/paying for Dr appts.) Sounds like a great topic, right? It's very relevant for me. But... the mediation then focused on visualizing myself as a tree. It tells me to just put all these pain problems to the side. Imagine having deep roots. Let all my problems just pass by , like clouds. Lots of silence in the session to think about... being a tree? If I could just imagine all my pain and problems away, I wouldn't be using Curable. If it were that easy, I'd have no use for the app. But I'm here, and visualizing myself as a tree isn't providing me with any real resources. Previous Meditation exercises have had me visualizing myself on a beach, relaxing to the smells, sounds and sights. Or visualizing myself in a big control room with knobs and levers, where I can just turn down the pain with the controls inside the big room. None of it has helped. I need real solutions here. Tips and resources for stress management, resolving anger about how pain has robbed me of a full life, recommendations for times when I'm anxious about high levels of pain and flare ups. They mention all of these under Education. In 4 months I've found no suggested solutions. This isn't worth the $100. The money would be better spent with a real, live session with a human being like a therapist or a health coach. There is a whole library of recordings with therapists and doctors giving talks, offering advice, providing information. But you have to *pay EXTRA for those. A bunch of stuff inside Curable is behind yet another (internal) pay wall. My advice on Curable: don't waste your time or money. I'm stuck with the bill for the entire year. I plan to cancel a month before renewal. I hope I don't have any problems with that. I refuse to waste any more money.