Why chronic pain is a medical issue and not a mental problem

by Baja Raquel

As a chronic pain patient I can definitively state that the pain is physical not mental. It must be understood that all pain comes from the brain. That is how our body is designed, but it doesn't mean the pain is a menta...read more

by Theresa Robel

Chronic Pain is a medical issue but it frequently creates mental issues. Medical treatment for chronic pain is essential. Unrelieved chronic pain causes depression. This is a fact. Chronic pain is difficult to treat and ...read more

by Carel Two-Eagle

Chronic pain is a medical issue and not a mental problem because pain is not something a person perceives, it is something a person experiences. Since each person has different thresholds at which they experience pain, an...read more

by Peter Williams

There is a great deal of controversy in the medical community regarding the cause of chronic pain. Often doctors who treat people with chronic pain cannot find any damage to the anatomy of pain sufferers, or detect a condi...read more

by Anthony Megna

I don't know who is advocating that chronic pain is a mental issue. They probably don't know what chronic pain is. They think they might know, but they don't. Chronic pain entered my life in my twenties. It was very ...read more

by Jovian Wong

He held a rectangular piece of paper up to my face. On it, there was a scale range of one to ten. "Describe the pain score for me," he said with a firm voice. "One being painless and ten being extremely painful." I wish...read more

by Frances Simon

No one wants to believe they could end up in a bad situation they cannot overcome. Thinking about this or acknowledging its possibility can be a terrifying thought. Thus, people tend to prefer to think of chronic pain in...read more

by Rachael Taylor

Chronic pain is a physical medical issue, as well as psychological issue. There is a cause and effect to everything, determine the cause should be the ultimate goal. Its your overall health that needs to be addressed when...read more

by Excalibur Snape

I think that chronic pain is not only a medical issue but it is also a mental problem. Because it does affect the mental part also. Chronic pain is not something that is easily pushed into one category or the other it i...read more

by Lana Reese

Call me scatter brained if you like. I know, I know! I have too many interests on my site! They all lead back to my artwork if you must know. Now why would I start talking about fibromyalgia? Because I suffer from it a...read more

by John Cassidy

Having suffered from Fibromyalgia/ Chronic Pain Syndrome/Reiters Syndrome for over 11 years I know how some people react when you say you are a sufferer. At the age of two years old I was still having accidents at night in...read more

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by Luna.Loveborn

Because most of us have been in bad accidents. anything from falling on ice to being involved in car accidents. In my case my last and worse injury I had was from my Husband just before Section 8 (a Housing Program)had me ...read more

by Richard Welty

THE BIG PILL by Richard O. Welty It all started with a portable television set. It cost seven years of my life, $100,000 in medical treatments, another $100,000 in lost wages and disrupted my entire family. It's a...read more

by Reverend Ashira Goddard

Although chronic pain is a definite medical issue and not simply a mental problem, from my own experience in living with CFS, FMS, and Lupus, here are some suggestions that have been proven useful to me. Any one who has...read more

by Erma Carbajal

pain in the neck and how to get out the kinks. ice wrapped in a cloth when stiffness is just settling in. after the inflammation is reduced heat is a real soother for this a hot shower will do it. over the counter ointment...read more

by Patty Musgrove

No one can make money off of the mentally ill. Even though much of it is a 'mental' (and I use that term lightly) issue it is directly related to an actual physical situation and visa versa. If chronic pain was a mental...read more

by Simone Grace

Twelve years ago I started to experience a deep pain in one of my big toes. I thought perhaps I had stepped on something that had become embedded, but there was no outward sign of injury. Within a year I was in pain from...read more

by Carol Kornegay

What is Psoriatic Arthritis? It is a form of inflammatory arthritis that effects 10-30% of the millions of Americans who have the skin condition Psoriasis. My pain began as a menacing ache in my right foot. It was almos...read more

by Megan Janes-Smith

All this started when I was in my early 20's. Shoulder strain was the first diagnosis. Physical therapy was ordered. I did that, several times. It worked for a while then the pain and numbness always came back. When I was ...read more

by Marquel White

Chronic pain slithers up and latches on to its victims without warning and without prejudice. In many cases, medical professionals can identify its cause, even if they are not so able to effect a cure. However, in many cas...read more