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 complex means you actually have the ability to change it yourself. i am dominic hughes and i m a health correspondet for bbc news. and i have been investigating the story of chronic pain, a condition that bbc research reveals blights the lives of millions of people and leaves them living a life of pain. hello, i amjennifer and i am a dental therapist from my dentist in saltaire in bradford. it was everything that i ever wanted. that i dreamed it would be. i don t think i have been in a happier place in my life.