I am sorry about the difficult memories. I have been thinking a lot lately about how I deal with pain and my life vs other people. I do feel for me that when my stress level or anxiety goes up I tend to deal less well with my pain. I guess it takes all my strength to focus on getting through the pain everyday. I feel also that when my anxiety goes up I am more tense,my sleep is worse and that all in turn impacts my pain. Have you seen this on a regular basis? Sometimes I know it is hard to know what causes flare up. A therapy I did and pre rsd I therapy for many years but with rsd I did biofeedback and it really helped me deal with anxiety and feelings. Sometimes writing too about my feelings helps and talking to others.Also I tend to like to numb out my cares and feelings rather then face them. I am not saying this is you but I am realizing now how important is to deal with things rather then distract or try to forget. I hope your flare settles down.