I use the spoon theory -
http://www.butyoudontlooksick.com/20...oon_theory.php
With some people I send them the link and let them read it.... with others I actually get spoons and do what the author of the spoon theory did by doing the actual demonstration.
I have also sent "The Letter To People Without Chronic Pain" to many family and friends (the letter is posted in the chronic pain forum).
But I prefer the spoon theory demonstration for the dumb ones
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