the bbc has filmed patrols by afghanistan s ministry for preventing vice and promoting virtue as they enforce the taliban s strict new laws, most of them targeting women. along with a raft of hard line laws, they announced the face veil will be compulsory for women in public. now on bbc news, we take a look at an in depth look at chronic pain and those living with it. this is the story of lives that have been changed in an instant. i am a shell of the person that i used to be. i wish i could turn the clock back. this is the story of chronic pain, described as relentless, debilitating, overwhelming. thousands of people have told us how their lives are controlled by a condition that is often hidden from view. the world around me is advancing and i m trapped in a room that s the killer. it s poorly understood and often misdiagnosed. i don t think we are equipped, either as a society or as a healthcare system, to deal with that. there is the toll taken by the medication that mi
the world is around me, i am trapped in a room. it is often poorly understood, misdiagnosed. i don t think we are equipped as a society or as a healthcare system to deal with that. there is the toll taken by the medication that millions rely onjust to get medication that millions rely on just to get through the day. when i inner withdrawal, i want to hit my horses. it is like my subconscious was screaming, you are going to die. and, the new understanding of chronic pain that has restored how people think and talk about what they are experiencing. it is not something i can change, it isjust it is not something i can change, it is just something it is not something i can change, it isjust something i can coexist with. that is sort of what acceptance is, just finding a way to coexist. knowing that persistent pain is very different and complex means very different and complex means that you actually have the ability to change it yourself. i - yourself. i am dominic hughes, your
this is the story of chronic pain, described as relentless, debilitating, overwhelming. thousands of people have told us how their lives are controlled by the condition that is often hidden from view. the world around me is advancing and i m trapped in a room that s the killer. it s poorly understood and often misdiagnosed. i don t think we are equipped, either as a society or as a healthcare system, to deal with that. there is the toll taken by the medication that millions rely on just to get through the day. when i m in withdrawal i could murder. i want to, you know, hit my horses. it s like my subconscious was screaming, you re going to die. and the new understanding of chronic pain that has transformed how people think and talk about what they are experiencing. it s not something i can change. it sjust something i can coexist with, and for me that s kind of what acceptance is, just finding a way to coexist. knowing that pain, persistent pain, is different and very com
trying to keep an open mind. i think the understanding we have of pain will take a long time to filter through, and attitudes will change as well, i think, when we understand that pain is something that is modifiable, and we can make changes to it, and we can be empowered to do those kind of things. it may not completely get rid of pain, but when we understand how to deal with this in a different way, i think we will be in a much better place. you feel a bit uncomfortable today, don t you? yeah. should we have a look at that, and try and get you more comfortable. crosstalk. i can see how you are holding yourself. relax you posture, butjust breathing in, coming forwards, yeah? thinking about pain in a new way, reframing our understanding of chronic pain, can transform lives. people like bernie. want you to stand up, yeah? ..whose approach to how she manages her pain has been helped by the all round support the clinic office. i think i am of the generation where you think, you take a tab
manage their pain. it s started easing off a little bit. - focusing notjust on the physical causes, but also on how the brain interprets and reacts to pain. trying to keep an open mind. i think the understanding we have of pain will take a long time to filter through, and attitudes will change as well, i think, when we understand that pain is something that is modifiable, and we can make changes to it, and we can be empowered to do those kind of things. it may not completely get rid of pain, but when we understand how to deal with this in a different way, i think we will be in a much better place. you feel a bit uncomfortable today, don t you? yeah. should we have a look at that, and try and get you more comfortable. crosstalk. i can see how you are holding yourself. relax you posture, butjust breathing in, coming forwards, yeah? thinking about pain in a new way, reframing our understanding of chronic pain, can transform lives. people like bernie. want you to stand up, yeah? ..whose ap