Hi Lauren!
I miss seeing you in class and sitting next to you! I thought it was crazy how the way you think about pain can influence the amount of pain you feel. It blows my mind that if we think about pain in a negative way that it can hurt more. Although, I can see how this works. My brother has many Legos around our house and I always see the memes about the pain of stepping on Legos. I guess by seeing those memes, now, when I step on a Lego, it hurts more. Pain and chronic pain are very interesting topics to me because it is not just biological, it is psychological as well and I think you did a good job of mentioning this in your post. I really enjoyed reading your post and I hope you are doing well!
I miss seeing you in class and sitting next to you! I thought it was crazy how the way you think about pain can influence the amount of pain you feel. It blows my mind that if we think about pain in a negative way that it can hurt more. Although, I can see how this works. My brother has many Legos around our house and I always see the memes about the pain of stepping on Legos. I guess by seeing those memes, now, when I step on a Lego, it hurts more. Pain and chronic pain are very interesting topics to me because it is not just biological, it is psychological as well and I think you did a good job of mentioning this in your post. I really enjoyed reading your post and I hope you are doing well!