Being down can be more than the lines of a song. Being down can describe your general state of health and, maybe even, your mental outlook.

You may go through rough times if you have long term Fibromyalgia or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and you're not getting well.

Listen to this 7 minutes 45 seconds audio and see if you get some tips for dealing with being down and depression.

Think back to the first days of when you began to get sick....

Did you think it would last so long? Or be so tough to overcome?

In your wildest imagination, could you fathom how hard you being sick would be on your close relationships with family and friends?

If you suspect that what you think may have something to do with the degree and severity of your muscle, nerve and joint pain, you're right.

Note: We're talking specifically here about Fibromyalgia or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome pain, and pain originating from other illnesses, like Lupus, Lyme Disease symptoms, etc.

"... evidence supporting a strong association between pain catastrophizing and both pain severity and activity limitations/participation restrictions in female CFS patients who experience widespread pain was provided. Pain catastrophizing was found to predict bodily pain, even after controlling for depression."