I wish I could see this kind of research as a step forward. Unfortunately, the current environment of open animus & hostility toward #ChronicPain patients, means this research could be used to further stigmatize people w/ pain. #ChronicPain isn’t mental illness.
#Childhood trauma increases risk of #ChronicPain pain in adulthood
This is a study led by 🇨🇦 Canadian researcher André Bussières from McGill University
mcgill.ca/newsroom/chann…
Accurate! 🙄
#lupus #lupus trust #lupus awareness #lupus life #chronicillness #chronicpain #invisibleillness #autoimmunedisease
If you could describe fibromyalgia in one word how would you describe it!
#mynameisfibromyalgia #actuallydisabled #theultimateguidetofibromyalgia #spoonie warrior #fibromyalgia #fibromyalgia fighter #spoonie #fibromyalgia life #fibromyalgia warrior #chronicpain #fibromyalgia sucks…
Looks don't reflect #disability or pain.🙈
Living with #fibromyalgia #ChronicPain for over half my life, it's become my new normal, by base-level.
Like learning to live without a limb, I've mastered hiding my #pain .
On tough days, #makeup becomes my mask.
You can't see my pain.
This is what it is like living with chronic pain or chronic peripheral neuropathy. Such a great comic, by a talented artist.
#chronicpain #peripheralneuropathy #chronicillness
💜 #Fibromyalgia #MECFS #Spoonies #ChronicPain #MentalHealth #Disability #InvisibleIllness 💜 A RT Thanks to Ros Ros 🇬🇧
“Never in my life did I think that taking a shower would actually be hard. It’s an exhausting activity that usually requires me to sit or lie down for a while afterward to recover.” Challenging Daily Decisions With #ChronicIllness buff.ly/3TMI90e #ChronicPain  #Spoonie