COPING WITH CHRONIC PAIN
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There is not a single definition of pain that is appropriate for
everybody because it is a highly subjective experience. What, to another
person, is excruciating may be nothing more that a slight discomfort for
you. Not only do views of pain vary among individuals, your own
perception of it can change over time. Even when you do have a clear
perception of what pain means to you, there is not an objective way to
measure it you can use to convey your impressions to somebody else. It
is not unusual for patients in a doctor’s office, who have come in
because pain is severely impairing their day-to-day lives, to have great
difficulty describing it clearly.
One thing we do know, however, is the difference between when we are
hurting and when we are not. In the case of acute pain, you may cry out
from it and experience terrible suffering for a time, but it ends
eventually, and usually the sufferer returns to their normal activities
and way of life. Chronic pain is different. A sufferer of chronic pain
not only hurts, but they keep on hurting. Indeed, the psychological
impact of chronic pain can be worse than the physical sensation itself,
especially when the daily grind of it wears you down and turns the world
grim. Acute pain usually does not change one’s personality. Chronic
pain, if not addressed properly, can alter it drastically.
Chronic pain may have a physical basis, a psychological basis, or
some mix of the two. Maybe it comes from an injury. Maybe it comes from
stress. Maybe the two factors are interconnected. People who cannot
pinpoint a clear physical connection often say, or are told, that it is
“all in their heads.â€
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