‘Pain is complex, hard to describe and even harder to understand.’ Illustration: Eva Bee/The Observer
‘Pain is complex, hard to describe and even harder to understand.’ Illustration: Eva Bee/The Observer
The way we think about pain could change how much we actually suffer
MargeeKerrandLindaRodriguezMcRobbie
Sat 23 Jan 2021 11.00 EST
Last modified on Sun 24 Jan 2021 05.34 EST
We’ve all got a story about pain. Maybe it’s that time you broke your arm skating, or the time you finished the game on a twisted ankle, or the 10 hours of labour without an epidural. Maybe your story of pain is a story of violence, the injury and trauma of an assault. Maybe it’s a story of terror. Or it’s heartbreak, the seemingly endless depths of grief and despair after a loss. Whatever it is, (almost) all of us have experienced what we call pain and we’re not in a hurry to experience it again.