It has actually been found that physical pain symptoms are actually more painful in people who are suffering mental illness. I can't give the proper scientific explanation, but it is all based on the chemical and hormonal interactions in the brain, the brain is more receptive to pain. So in a healthy person, a sore back might feel like a pain level of 4 on a scale of 1-10, but to someone with depression for example, the pain translates more at say a level 7. So it's not just that we are not as good at dealing with physical symptoms, pain really is more painful!

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