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You have two states in the timelines of your life.
You are either suffering and it will pass, one way or another.
Or you’re not suffering and at some point in the future when you’re suffering again, you will look back at the moments you weren’t suffering as “the good old days.”
If you’re not currently in extreme mental or physical anguish, you are living in your future’s good memories, no matter how bleak it seems. If you are in extreme mental or physical anguish… this too shall pass.
“Master, what do I do? What do I do?”
“Eat your rice. Wash your bowl.”
–Zen parable
Yup, had perfect health until 10 years ago then I got bad discs, arthritis and neuropathy. Now I cannot walk more than a metre or 2 before major ouchies. Enjoy it while you have it.
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Do whatever the doctor prescribed and the pain will go away.
Truly spoken like someone so privileged with good health they don’t even know what a chronic disability is.
Imagine being this ignorant about chronic pain that you think it’s a product of moral failure. Imagine thinking that doctors treat chronic pain sufferers like anything but drug seekers. Imagine picking up a prescription is so easy you never had to see your pharmacist give you a dirty look or even deny you medications because they think you don’t ‘look like you’re in pain’.
Nothing makes us want to kill ourselves more than hearing the ‘just diet and exercise duh’ people pretend to know what a fraction of being in pain every living second is like.
If only it were so easy. Certain prescriptions from certain doctors definitely helped, but nothing makes the pain go away.
If it was this easy we wouldn’t have so many problems. Or, you know, discussions about assisted suicide in cases of untreatable and unavoidable suffering in order to respect human dignity.
Sometimes the pain is here to stay. We all get old, health is a precious privilege and the power doctor’s are wielding is unfortunately limited.
Can I self medicate with alcohol and weed instead?
Yes, of course, but that would be ineffective and you will die in pain eventually.
