Originally Posted by Mark in Idaho

One of the problems with living in pain is nobody else can help you relieve the pain. The best they can do is say they are sorry. Even that gets old. The most we can ask is to be left alone during our most painful times if being left alone helps us deal with the pain. Or, we may need to ask for the commotion level to be lowered.

Those around us often get stressed out and frustrated because they are helpless to help with our pain.