I would agree with Ladycakes that depression or other mental illnesses can increase pain. There are chemical releases in the body where it makes you more sensitive to pain. I've heard that when some people have intense pain, they would take antidepressants to ease the pain and it would work very well. Even those who do not have depression.

Another thing is that MI can lead you into a vicious cycle in life; especially in your social life. I read somewhere (and I believe this) that when you have some kind of MI, people pick up on it. If they don't know you, they don't know what your problem is, but they feel that there's something off about you. So it becomes a vicious cycle that you may be lonely; and then it's just hard to make friends because of this.

I know that I have been approached by others who want to get to know me and I feel that there's something odd about them. So I wouldn't get too interested in being friends with them. On the flip side, that's my problem also. Just last week, I had a small counseling session with the minister at where I go to church . He had mentioned that I'm not comfortable around people and that's what puts them off to get near me. I didn't like hearing that, but I have reconciled that he could be correct. I guess one thing I should do is try to make friends with others who are not very well gifted socially. It could help me a lot, but it's not very easy.

I do envy others who seem to have it together. They seem "happy-go-lucky" and have an easy time to have others drawn to them. Also they seem like when bad things happen, they can just wipe it right off of them.