As we join together through these pages let us keep our minds and hearts open, always remembering that everyone is a separate and unique enigma.  Our members come to us from all walks of life. Chronic Pain does not discriminate. We provide free services to anyone regardless of their situation. There are no barriers in our group and no questions of this type are asked prior to allowing a new member to join. To become a member one must apply and complete a questionnaire. The questionnaire is kept absolutely confidential and is only used to get to know a prospective member and to validate their “human-ness”.

The member will be identified via their screen name unless they disclose their first name which will be used. At no time will a members identity be disclosed unless there is written permission on file authorizing use of identifying information. The questions asked do not apply to an individual’s identity but rather to their condition and treatment and background to other support groups they may have been affiliated with.

All registrants must complete the application in order to be considered for membership. Failure to complete or submit an application will result in membership denial. All applications and verification must be returned within seven business days or this too will result in membership denial. Please be sure to double check your email address and spam or junk folders as often times mail is inadvertently routed there from mail addresses such as this. To ensure that mail does not get automatically deleted if your settings are pre-set to delete junk mail, ‘white list’ pain-and-depression.com to allow mail from here to go to your inbox.