Re: Re: You sound good. You look well. Maybe you're just depressed or need to get out more

[Guest guest]

Just another little point.. DO NOT let anyone say " well, I remember how bad it

hurt when I (fill in the blank/broke a bone/had surgery/etc), but you can get

past it. " . THEY had pain, but it went away as their body repaired itself. YOUR

body isn't going to do that, it can't. Our bodies are doing everything they can

to keep us alive and moving even a little. we aren't going to magically " get

better " and no amount of will power will let us " just get over it " . When

you're in pain 24/7, even mild or moderate pain is worse than severe pain for a

short period. and many of us have severe pain all or most of the time.

People think that we " have a low pain threshold " , or could just " get over it "

if we " really wanted to " . It's not about willpower, it's not about strength of

mind. It's about pain that just doesn't ever go away.

Marta

> wrote:

> It is because plan and simple NOBODY can truly understand if they've never had

chronic pain.

[Guest guest]

> Marta wrote:

> When you're in pain 24/7, even mild or moderate pain is worse than severe pain

for a short period. and many of us have severe pain all or most of the time.

> People think that we " have a low pain threshold "

Marta,

You are so right. What is sad is that Medical textbooks and research say

different. If your body is fighting pain, all the organs and systems are

fighting for their life to make the pain go away (flight of fight) response. It

makes the cortisol and adrenal levels go up, blood pressure, which in turn puts

an extra burden on the heart and circulatory plus nervous symptoms, then the

body is not repairing itself but only fighting pain.

When pain is controlled, the body is allowed to repair itself with the

regulatory systems and blood pressures normal.

I actually had a high pain threshold before chronic pain and what they call " low

threshold " is a misnomer. Mind does have a part in pain but it does not make

the pain go down when the pain is being generated from something that needs to

be taken care of.

For example, Birth of a child, the pain is going to end when the child comes out

(some of it), breathing exercises, focal points, and other options help but when

intractable is 24/7 it has to be relieved.

Unfortunately, your Doctor must intercede for you in cases when you have someone

such as a Nurse etc and make sure you have a good Doctor that understands you so

you can have good pain control.

Bennie