Re: Psychological vs. physical pain

[Guest guest]

My opinion is that it shouldn't really matter if your pain is caused by physical

or psychological reasons. Obviously, if there is a physical cause such as a

broken arm, or other obvious physical reason, I don't mean that kind. For our

usually undetermined pain, we just need to get relief, period. It's fine to

search for psychological reasons, but that doesn't mean you don't treat the pain

at all. Any doc who won't offer some form of pain relief should be fired.

Jeanne in WI

Ok... my POINT IS, there is a difference in physical pain and psycological

pain. And when I look back I can remember many little fibro flares during my

life that I simply laid off to depression.

I can be a very happy person at times with my life situation but yet I will go

into a fibro flare from hell. So, I know it is not linked to my mental status.

And when you are so stiff you can't get out of bed, it is not psychological.

When my fingers tingle and go numb, it is not psycological. And exhaustion is

not caused by depression when you are NOT depressed.

[Guest guest]

There is only one difference between psycho and physical pain,

its in the management. Don't get hung up with psycho meaning

crazy, it doesn't " stress is an illness too " .

Re: Psychological vs. physical pain

My opinion is that it shouldn't really matter if your pain is caused by physical

or psychological reasons.  Obviously, if there is a physical cause such as a

broken arm, or other obvious physical reason, I don't mean that kind.  For our

usually undetermined pain, we just need to get relief, period.  It's fine to

search for psychological reasons, but that doesn't mean you don't treat the pain

at all.  Any doc who won't offer some form of pain relief should be fired.

Jeanne in WI

  Ok... my POINT IS, there is a difference in physical pain and psycological

pain.  And when I look back I can remember many little fibro flares during my

life that I simply laid off to depression. 

  I can be a very happy person at times with my life situation but yet I will

go into a fibro flare from hell.  So, I know it is not linked to my mental

status.  And when you are so stiff you can't get out of bed, it is not

psychological.  When my fingers tingle and go numb, it is not psycological. And

exhaustion is not caused by depression when you are NOT depressed.