Chronic Pain

[marcmagus]

Sitting here feeling tired and generally unpleasant and unfocused and not really realizing why, I felt a twinge in my wrist and an epiphany. Chronic pain doesn't just manifest as pain in the affected area, does it? In fact, you can experience those "secondary symptoms" while not consciously experiencing the primary sensation of pain? I think this may explain much which was unclear to me in the past...

Comments welcome.

Comments

[marcmagus]

How could you have, if I didn't? ;)

[velvetmouse]

because we're supposed to be psychic and omniscient and it's obviously our fault when we're not. Duh.

;)

[marcmagus]

Mind-reading would clearly be insufficient, and I see no reason to suppose that empathy would give you awareness of signals which are being routed to /dev/null before they manifest as a sensation of pain. For all of your impressive qualities, I don't think I've ever accused either of you of omniscience...

[miintikwa.livejournal.com]

*gigglefit*

BUT We're SUPPOSED to be, duh. I mean, aren't all women supposed to be Super-insert-feminine-noun-of-choice?

/sarcasm

(And yes, I purposefully didn't use my Supergirl icon, just to be extra-super-snarkeriffic, because I am in a silly mood today.)

*HUG*

Regardless, I am VERY sorry that you're experiencing that, 'cuz I grok. Seriously. :( Massive amounts of empathy.

[soulchanger.livejournal.com]

"I shouldn't have to tell you. You should just know."

Ever heard that one? :)