Is pain educational?
Paul Ingraham • ARCHIVEDMicroblog posts are archived and rarely updated. In contrast, most long-form articles on PainScience.com are updated regularly over the years.
I have very mixed feelings about this old wisdom:
Be patient and tough. Someday this pain will be useful to you.
~Ovid 43 B.C.E - 17 C.E
Chronic pain can be teacher, yes, sometimes… but I think more often it’s just a damn bully, and mostly just confirms that fate can be a huge arsehole.
