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Nov 06, 2015, 08:45 PM
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Member Since: Nov 2002
Location: Mid World
Posts: 18,115
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Originally Posted by Supanova
What are some of the mental reations to being in pain long term?
What happens for people in pains thought processes?
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It is very easy to become depressed. My doc and I talk about the fact that if you took an otherwise healthy person and made them be in pain day in, day out they would become depressed.
I go through periods of anger about my pain. I'm mad at the pain. I'm mad at the limitations it places on me. I'm mad about the things I can no longer do because I hurt. I'm mad at people who make thoughtless or ignorant comments. Some times I'm just plain mad.
It's easy to climb up on the pity pot due to chronic pain. To keep myself from climbing up there permanently I give myself permission to climb on the pot for a set period of time, then I have to climb off and get on with life.
On days when the pain is maxed, or close to maxed, it overwhelms my thought process. All my attention is devoted to dealing with the pain.
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