Research on facial pain

[sasha_feather]

My friend Jesse sent me these two links. The TLDR is: head and facial pain is more emotionally devastating than the same pain in other parts of the body.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-pain-craniofacial/brain-pathway-makes-head-and-face-pain-very-draining-idUSKBN1DH295

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41593-017-0012-1 (abstract only; article is pay walled).

A lot of what I experience in regards to my pain is invalidating: doctors not seeming to take my pain as seriously as I want them to, for instance, and being denied for disability benefits. The general ableism of society also contributes to these feelings.

These articles are validating.

Comments

[laceblade]

Would it be helpful for me to grab the full Nature article that's paywalled? I could save it as a PDF, if that's helpful!

[sasha_feather]

That would be awesome! I'd like to read the whole thing.

[jesse_the_k]

Yeah, forward the PDF to your doc when you’re done.