“Mental pain is less dramatic than #physicalpain, but it is more common and also more hard to bear. The frequent attempt to conceal #mentalpain increases the burden: it is easier to say “My tooth is aching” than to say “My heart is broken.” - #C.S.Lewis
Income rank linked to experience of physical pain, irrespective of whether in a rich or poor country, study suggests

A new study of worldwide polling data suggests that a person's income rank relative to their peers is linked to their experience of physical pain, with a lower income rank linked to a higher likelihood of experiencing pain. It is the first time such a relationship has been shown.

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I feel like crap on a stick. My own fault, but still suffering. I even paid for the pleasure at a private hospital. I want to talk, but I hardly have the strength to breathe. This is when I feel the most lonely as a chronic pain sufferers, those days when you desperately need companionship, but can't handle it.

#ChronicPain #pain #fibro #fibromyalgia #lonelyness #mentalhealth #badmentalhealth #physicalpain

17.48: Bodies, Why? (Part III)

Your Hosts: Mary Robinette, C.L. Polk, Fran Wilde, and Howard Tayler  Let’s talk about pain. It hurts, yes, but we all experience it, so writing about it can be a great point of connection be…

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