Hello wakegirl,

Yes, this is a part of the treatment in the pain management group I attend.
Our meetings are informal with everyone sitting around in a circle in comfy chairs and drinking coffee.
Questions just flow and there is usually someone who has an answer that may help but having said that it does sometimes depend on the dynamic of a particular group.
I have left some that were turning into massive 'pity parties'--these are NOT what is needed but unfortunately there will always be the odd person to whom this illness thing is a big competition with the others.
Cheers Tayla