Explain My Pain

This tool helps you describe pain in your own words using a database of pain descriptors drawn from real patient experiences with endometriosis. The tool analyzes your input and offers summaries of how your pain feels so you can have a better understanding of its mechanisms when you speak to your doctors.

Pain often varies depending on what triggers it. Please describe how it feels during different situations, such as:

Ovulation
Menstruation
Sex or Intercourse
Going to the toilet
Everyday or background pain
Other activities

You can start your description with “It feels like...” or “As if...”

Need help finding the words? See research-based sample expressions

About this tool:
This app is part of the Language of Endometriosis project… This is a tool to help you find your words — and be heard.