CLEAR BOUNDARIES

Your space. Your choice.

What happens to your writing?

Writing is optional. Answers stay in this open exercise’s memory. The app is designed to clear them when you close or clear the exercise and when you leave the page. Browser behavior can prevent complete clearing; this is not secure deletion. The app does not deliberately save or send answers, and it does not generate advice. Do not enter identifying details. Use “Clear my writing” before leaving a shared device. Browser extensions, keyboards, screenshots, or device backups may still capture what you type; this app cannot control them.

No analytics, advertisements, external fonts, cookies, accounts, or AI chat are added by this app. The hosting provider can process technical connection data, such as IP addresses and access logs. Visiting external source links opens another service with its own privacy practices. This is not a promise of complete anonymity or HIPAA compliance.

When you need more support

This site is not monitored and cannot assess an emergency. For a medical emergency, call 911. For new, different, severe, worsening, or concerning symptoms, seek appropriate medical care. Do not assume a new symptom is just your usual persistent pain. You do not need to complete an exercise before seeking help. For emotional distress or a suicidal crisis in the US, call 988 or text 988. For immediate danger call 911. Crisis services are external services with their own privacy practices.

For US adults 18+ only. No clinician relationship is established by using this webapp. No payment, subscription, or purchase is required to use these exercises.

Contact

For privacy questions or to report a problem with the site, email painincontext@gmail.com.

Please do not send exercise answers, medical records, or other private health information. This inbox is not monitored for emergencies and cannot provide medical advice. Email is handled through Gmail and is subject to Google’s privacy practices.

Sources and educational limitations

These sources informed the app’s exercises, information sheets, safety cautions, and design. Each information sheet also lists its own sources.

Pain education and exercises

VA brief CBT for chronic pain manual (2021, PDF) ↗
Background for simplified CBT-P educational exercises and the exercise guide.
VA: Cognitive behavioral therapy for chronic pain ↗
CBT-P background, the professional-care link, and the CBT information sheet.
NINDS: Pain ↗
General pain education, the exercise guide, and “Pain has many influences.”
NIH: Pain ↗
“Understanding persistent pain” and “Pain, sleep, and stress.”
CDC: Nonopioid therapies ↗
CBT background in “What CBT-based skills can offer.”

Activity cautions and support

CDC: Chronic pain among adults, 2019–2021 ↗
Population-level context considered when adding emotional-crisis support; not a prediction about an individual.
988 Lifeline ↗
External US crisis-support resource. The app does not provide or monitor this service.

Educational limitations

The app contains original, simplified educational adaptations based on CBT-P principles, not the VA treatment protocol. Evidence for a source or clinician-delivered therapy does not validate this app. The VA, NIH, CDC, and other linked organizations do not endorse this app. External sites have their own privacy practices.

The app has not been clinically evaluated. There is no claim of FDA approval or clinical effectiveness. AI-agent review is not qualified clinician review or legal clearance. References to laws or regulatory guidance do not establish compliance. Qualified clinical and legal review remain outstanding. Sources compiled October 24, 2026.