On March 8, the NPR podcast “Invisibilia” released the first episode of its fifth season, called “The Fifth Vital Sign.” The show, co-hosted by journalists Alix Spiegel and Hanna Rosin, centers around “the invisible forces that shape human nature” and aims to combine human stories with psychology and brain science.
In this episode, Spiegel and Rosin follow the story of a teenager with amplified pain syndrome who undergoes a type of controversial treatment that involves being put in even more pain.
Devyn was 14 years old when she began experiencing excruciating pain in her hips. “I went to bed as I normally would, and then all of a sudden … my hips… they just hurt unimaginably!” she said. “I started crying, and I started shaking.” She and her mother, Sheila, began going to doctors and surgeons to search for the cause of the problem.
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