Hey Molly!
Thank you for sharing your story about your teacher’s battle with chronic pain. I don’t know anyone personally that struggles with chronic pain. Hearing first-hand stories about it from classmates definitely turns the descriptions we read online into reality. When I was doing my research, I found many of the same unhealthy methods people use to cope with their chronic pain, such as prescription abuse. For this reason, I think it is important that researchers continue to develop alternative therapies and medications for the treatment of chronic pain. After reading about the psychological effects on the perception of pain, I think even more research should be done on therapies to treat some of the negative psychological effects that increase the intensity of pain.
Thank you for sharing your story about your teacher’s battle with chronic pain. I don’t know anyone personally that struggles with chronic pain. Hearing first-hand stories about it from classmates definitely turns the descriptions we read online into reality. When I was doing my research, I found many of the same unhealthy methods people use to cope with their chronic pain, such as prescription abuse. For this reason, I think it is important that researchers continue to develop alternative therapies and medications for the treatment of chronic pain. After reading about the psychological effects on the perception of pain, I think even more research should be done on therapies to treat some of the negative psychological effects that increase the intensity of pain.