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An Easy New Way to Talk About Pain (and Why We Should)
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Awareness can’t exist without communication. There are many ways to actively and passively communicate, but for those of us with chronic pain — often an invisible condition — we pretty much need to use our words.
But why bother? Why does awareness even matter? Just a few reasons include: Not being alone and showing others they’re not alone Preventing harmful assumptions about our actions and statements Managing expectations… of others and of ourselves Taking a break from “passing” (passing = overdoing it = making things worse) Gaining credibility for a condition and inciting action, like funding and treatment innovation Ending the stigma and the repressive expectation that we keep our pain to ourselves So now are you ready to talk about it?
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