Chronic pain

• Chronic Pain Australia     http://www.chronicpainaustralia.org.au/
  
• Chronic Pain Anonymous     http://www.chronicpainanonymous.org/
  
• Pain Australia     http://www.painaustralia.org.au/
  

Chronic illness

• Blog: Jim's Place: Welcome to My World     http://jimsplace.typepad.com/jims_place/
  
• "A Not To Do List for the Chronically ill"     http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/turning-straw-gold/201308/not-do-list-the-chronically-ill
  

fibromyalgia

• NIH on Fibromyalgia     http://www.niams.nih.gov/Health_Info/Fibromyalgia/
  
• Blog: My Foggy Brain     http://myfoggybrain.com/bay-area-resources/
  
• National Fibromyalgia Association     http://www.fmaware.org/
  
• Fibromyalgia Network     http://www.fmnetnews.com/
  
• UK Fibromyalgia     http://www.ukfibromyalgia.com/index.html
  
• Blog: Chronicals of Fibromyalgia     http://chroniclesoffibro.blogspot.com/
  

irritable bowel syndrome

• IFFGD International Foundation for Functional Gastointestinal Disorders     http://www.aboutibs.org/
  
• AGA American Gastoenterological  Association     http://www.gastro.org/patient-center/digestive-conditions/irritable-bowel-syndrome
  
• MAYO Clinic: IBS     http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/irritable-bowel-syndrome/basics/definition/CON-20024578
  

interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome

•  Blog: How IC it... by Deni     http://how-ic-it.blogspot.com/
  
• APP for android: "Run Pee" tells you the best time to leave the movie!     http://runpee.com/
  
• ICA Interstitial Cystitis Association     http://www.ichelp.org/
  
• American Urological Association Guidelines for Diagnosis and Treatment      http://www.auanet.org/education/guidelines/ic-bladder-pain-syndrome.cfm
  
• IC Network     http://www.ic-network.com/
  
• UCSF Department of Urology     https://urology.ucsf.edu/patient-care/adult-non-cancer/female-urology/interstitial-cystitis
  

pelvic floor dysfunction

• The Cleveland Clinic     http://my.clevelandclinic.org/disorders/pelvic_disorders/hic_pelvic_floor_dysfunction.aspx
  
• National Center for Pelvic Pain Research     http://www.pelvicpainhelp.com/
  
• Beyond Basics Physical Therapy     http://www.beyondbasicsphysicaltherapy.com/pfd
  
• Voices for PFD     http://www.voicesforpfd.org/p/cm/ld/fid=5
  

Chronic pelvic pain syndrome

• National Center for Pelvic Pain Research     http://www.pelvicpainhelp.com/
  
• MAYO Clinic: Chronic Pelvic Pain in Women     http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/chronic-pelvic-pain/basics/definition/con-20030924
  

endometriosis

• The Endometriosis Association     http://www.endometriosisassn.org/index.html
  
• Research Study: Endometriosis and Chronic Pelvic Pain     http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3096669/
  
• MAYO Clinic: Endometriosis     http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/endometriosis/basics/definition/con-20013968
  
• Global Form on Endometrosis     http://endometriosis.org/
  
• Endometriosis Foundation of America     http://www.endofound.org/endometriosis
  
• For Teens: Endometriosis Guide     http://www.youngwomenshealth.org/endoinfo.html
  

hysterectomy

• HysterSisters: Information and Support     http://www.hystersisters.com/
  
• Mister HysterSisters: Help for the Family of a patient     http://www.misterhystersisters.com/
  

depression

• NIMH National Institute of Mental Health     https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/depression/index.shtml
  
• NAMI National Alliance on Mental Illness     https://www.nami.org
  
• Harvard Health Publications: Depression and Pain     http://www.health.harvard.edu/newsweek/Depression_and_pain.htm
  
• Book: "Shoot The Damn Dog" A memoir of depression     https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2616221-shoot-the-damn-dog
  

anxiety

• Dr. Donald Dufford, PhD  Licensed Clinical Psychologist   http://www.drdufford.com/
  
• ADAA Anxiety and Depression Association of America     http://www.adaa.org/
  
• NIMH National Institute of Mental Health     http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/anxiety-disorders/index.shtml?ct=39988
  
•  Anxiety Disorders and Chronic Pain     http://www.fmcpaware.org/a-c/anxiety-disorders.html
  

dermatillomania/ excoriation disorder

• Skin Pick: Everything you Need to Know     http://www.skinpick.com/dermatillomania
  
• TLC Trichotillomania Learning Center (includes skin picking too)     http://www.trich.org
  
• Dr. Donald Dufford, PhD  Licensed Clinical Psychologist   http://www.drdufford.com/
  
• Obsessive Skin Pickers Anonymous     http://www.osparecovery.org/
  

resources for Chronic Pain and chronic illness

online places for knowledge & support

This list is by far from complete, right now it contains the web sites and blogs I have personally found useful. If you have found an online source of information on your own chronic pain condition or chronic illness, please email me so I can check it out too, thank you!