How we think about pain
Endure, accept, fear, suffer, banish...every culture has a different approach. Some lead to opioid addiction.
“…the fear of pain, and the belief that a pain-free existence is optimal or even possible, has been a catastrophe for patients. Before the opioid revolution, doctors understood that pain was important to keeping us safe, to be lived with and managed. Even if this meant we bore frequent episodes of discomfort, that was better tha…