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What Does Pain Have to Teach Me This Time Around?

An older man deep in thought, resting his chin on his hand, with a solemn expression and a shadow cast on the wall behind him, reflecting the weight of pain.

During the past years, and without really wanting to do so, I’ve developed a deep understanding of what it’s like to live with constant physical pain. This understanding has nothing to do with the science behind pain, it’s about the experience of living with pain as a constant companion. I decided a long time ago that it was in my own best interests to learn what I could from pain that might make my life, and perhaps the lives of others, a bit easier.