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lately I have been having a round with my sciatic nerve and it is driving me into crying fits due to the pain ... in my past my rounds of psych pain has also drove me into crying fits ...
my psych pain is harder to bear because I try to hide it and thus have no support ... my question is .... is your psych or physical pain the hardest to bear .... and why ... |
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I would say psych pain, but that could be because I haven't dealt with bad chronic physical pain like some other people have. I think if I had physical pain I would feel more comfortable talking about it with other people. I hear you when you say you have to hide the psych pain.
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The worst physical pain I’ve ever had is recovering from my csections so it’s hard for me really to say but I can imagine it would psych pain.
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I have Fibromyalgia (a chronic pain condition to say the least). At times my pain gets up to an 8 on the subjective 1-10 pain scale, although I have never had a 10 to compare it with I am just guessing being set on fire would be slightly worse.
Saying that, my psychic pain is by far much more debilitating when really bad. I feel if I 'only' had Fibromyalgia I could achieve so much more. However, I do have a moderate to severe version of it so can have good days where it barely debilitates me at all then days where moving to go to the bathroom is a major mission. Thankfully, over time and taking my own treatment into my hands the Fibromyalgia is much more moderate than it used to be. Sorry I diverge. Mental pain is so destructive and can take our lives as it can become that unbearable. It wins hand down. __________________ Bipolar 1 with psychotic features PTSD "Phew! For a minute there I lost myself." 'Karma Police' by Radiohead |
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Between my Fibromyalgia and (PsA) psoriatic arthritis my pain level stays typical at. 7-8
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I agree with Christina that mental and physical pain feed off each other. It’s an awful cycle. Mental pain is less socially acceptable I’ve found.
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I have to add that I agree with Christina and Pookyl. Physical and emotional pain do feed off each other and make one giant ball of hell. Both together can be unbearable.
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I don’t have physical pain, but I want to offer you all words of support.
I can only imagine how dreadful it must be to go through PsA, sciatic nerve issues, etc.. I had seen my mom cry once when she had two slipped discs in her back and she was crying and screaming real bad, when I have never seen her do that before. (I literally can’t remember her ever crying before, much less scream.) Even oxycodone didn’t help her with the extreme pain... AT ALL. She said it was an 11 out of 10, worse than child birth by far, and the hospital couldn’t do anything else at the moment (or so they said). I felt so bad because nothing worked for the pain, and I know a lot of you are in the same boat where pain meds don’t help much or at all, which I know must be awful. It did help my mom to cry it out instead of holding it in, so I hold no judgment against people who cry. In fact, I think it’s a GOOD thing to let out some of the mental anguish that goes along with that physical pain. Bottling it in just makes things much worse than they need to be, so we need to let it out, whether it’s physical or mental pain, or both. I think you all are very strong people for doing what you can to cope with chronic (or even temporary) pain of any sort. Whether we have support in real life or not, I think this forum is a great place to get at least some sort of support. We all deeply care for one another, even though most of us don’t know each other in real life, and I think that’s a fantastic thing. Of course no one deserves any kind of pain, and I can 100% see why physical and mental pain feed off each other. But I do admire all of you for being so strong and pushing through, even through the most difficult of times. You are all great people and I hope that one day we can find a cure or better treatment for you all. |
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I also agree with Christina and Pookl (great posts!). And in both cases, it can be very hard to find the right meds to relieve the (psychic and/or physical) pain.
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The worst physical pain I've ever had was with kidney stones. Even my unmedicated childbirth experience hurt less than that. That said, I think psych pain is worse, particularly in depression when you feel so hopeless that death seems to be the only way out.
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Yeah Ive had kidney stones and have broken several bones... and that definitely hurts...
But psych pain is different in that I have a hard time not blaming myself for it- causing myself more pain. With physical pain you can stop and look at the cause- with psych pain... in some ways I-myself- am the cause. And that makes that kind of pain hit harder and deeper than any physical pain can in my opinion for myself |
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I'm so sorry you're all hurting so much, everyone I hope you'll all feel better soon. MI is already hard to deal with, but with physical pain added in it's even more difficult. I admire you for how strong you are. Be proud of yourselves for that. You don't deserve to suffer like this. Keep fighting. I'm sure you'll all get out of this one day. You can do this! You're all strong, I know that. I believe in you. God bless you. Sending many hugs to everyone
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