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Originally Posted by seahorse02
Does anyone know about the connection between stress and pain level increase? How does that work? The psychology(sp?) of that is a mystery to me.
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The self-perpetuating downward spiral - or
"vicious cycle" as it's called/known - of
pain, stress, depression, and
insomnia (and sometimes other factors) is very well-documented. I've written and given presentations about it more times than I can recall. (But I still have to google to find links
)
http://www.nwedbmed.com/chronicpain.html
http://www.whatworksforpain.com/2010...-chronic-pain/
http://www.my-spine.com/back-pain-an...-distress.html
http://rachicks.com/ra-pain-chronic-...vicious-cycle/
... Just to sample a few.
Google:
"vicious cycle" pain depression stress (include the "quotes") for many more.
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