explain
pain
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I’m in pain so there
must be something
harmful happening
to my body.
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I’m staying home,
not going out, I’m
keeping quiet and
out of things.
‘
’
Even their whiz-bang
scanning machine
can’t find it – it must
be bad.
‘
’
I’m not doing anything
until all the pain goes.
‘
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We can put a man on
the moon, why can’t
someone just fix this
pain for me?
‘
’
I’m so frightened of
my pain and of injuring
my back again that I’m
not doing anything!
‘
’
All of these thought viruses are common in
people with persistent painwho don’t
understand the biology of pain. They are often
enough to take you right ‘to the edge’.
