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<blockquote data-quote="bonder" data-source="post: 226150" data-attributes="member: 43147"><p>I've had chronic back pain for a decade now, and I hear you on the "It's in your head" thing. My GP has always believed me, because I turned up at the surgery the day after my injury, and could barely move. I'm very lucky. However, the facilitator of my group therapy group clearly thinks that it's all in my head, as does my NHS care coordinator (for psych stuff). So frustrating!</p><p></p><p>There are some people who feel pain for psychological reasons, but so what? It still hurts! What's more likely, however, is that you're suffering from central sensitisation or peripheral sensitisation. Look 'em up. Fascinating stuff, and it explains so much. </p><p></p><p>Basically, central s. is when the central nervous system has become extremely sensitive to signals from nerves, so things that wouldn't hurt other people get magnified by our nervous system, and hurt a LOT. Basically, it's like someone has turned the volume on our nervous system up to 11. </p><p></p><p>Peripheral s. is when the nerves that transmit signals to the central nervous system become oversensitive. Even the littlest thing causes those nerves to send a "THERE'S SOMETHING BAD GOING ON" message to the CNS, which the brain translates into pain.</p><p></p><p>If you're really lucky, you can develop both of these things!</p><p>There isn't a cure for sensitisation yet, but research is ongoing. </p><p></p><p>Another interesting thing: emotions affect your pain. Anxiety, stress, anger, depression, etc. "turn up the volume" on the pain, while "love, happiness, excitement, etc. "turn down the volume".</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bonder, post: 226150, member: 43147"] I've had chronic back pain for a decade now, and I hear you on the "It's in your head" thing. My GP has always believed me, because I turned up at the surgery the day after my injury, and could barely move. I'm very lucky. However, the facilitator of my group therapy group clearly thinks that it's all in my head, as does my NHS care coordinator (for psych stuff). So frustrating! There are some people who feel pain for psychological reasons, but so what? It still hurts! What's more likely, however, is that you're suffering from central sensitisation or peripheral sensitisation. Look 'em up. Fascinating stuff, and it explains so much. Basically, central s. is when the central nervous system has become extremely sensitive to signals from nerves, so things that wouldn't hurt other people get magnified by our nervous system, and hurt a LOT. Basically, it's like someone has turned the volume on our nervous system up to 11. Peripheral s. is when the nerves that transmit signals to the central nervous system become oversensitive. Even the littlest thing causes those nerves to send a "THERE'S SOMETHING BAD GOING ON" message to the CNS, which the brain translates into pain. If you're really lucky, you can develop both of these things! There isn't a cure for sensitisation yet, but research is ongoing. Another interesting thing: emotions affect your pain. Anxiety, stress, anger, depression, etc. "turn up the volume" on the pain, while "love, happiness, excitement, etc. "turn down the volume". [/QUOTE]
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