The Practical Paraplegic

Adapting to day by day living with paralysis

Pain puts people at a loss for words

November 14th, 2008 · No Comments

“… But people in pain may find they are robbed of words because of other people’s attitudes. “When you have a chronic illness, you tend to stop saying things because you feel the people around you don’t want to hear it anymore,” Deatherage said.

A network of people going through the same thing can help share the burden of finding accurate descriptors for ailments. ‘It’s kind of like playing charades sometimes, when you’re trying to find a way to get to that word,; said Deatherage, who runs a fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue support group in Hanson, Mass.” Read more here

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