As the daughter and granddaughter of psychiatrists, I’m acutely aware of my mental health, both in May and throughout the year. I expect others in the chronic pain community are in the same boat.

More often than not, your brain makes you feel less-than for struggling with chronic pain or illness. How do we fight back against internal negativity and see ourselves through a gentler lens?

Recently my family faced a tornado warning and not one but two unexpected local water main breaks.

But that experience started me wondering: How do others in the chronic pain community handle occurrences that are unexpected but out of our control? What plans do you have in place for natural disasters?