paris on Nostr: The thing about #chronicPain that those who’ve never experienced it don’t know ...

The thing about #chronicPain that those who’ve never experienced it don’t know and seemingly cannot internalise is that it isn’t the same as experiencing a pain, just repeated every day.

It compounds. It is a constant pressure on thoughts, emotions, expectations, experiences. It redefines what life is and can be. It is a constant presence, an additional party to every relationship. It breezily bypasses one’s pain tolerance with an incessant demand to fix that which cannot be fixed.