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MoiraWolf Posts: 3410
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I read something once that we don't remember pain. We remember that we HAD pain. But we don't remember the pain itself. Unlike, say, a smell. Once we smell something that triggers a memory for us, pleasant or unpleasant, we'll remember it forever, and if we smell that same smell again, we can relive the moment. Smell is very strongly tied to memory. But pain isn't. If we remembered, and re-experienced pain as strongly as a smell memory will do for us, we'd never do anything risky, we'd never have more than one child, etc. It's an evolutionary coping mechanism, so the whole human race doesn't die out! So... I think sometimes, when we have a good day or week or month, with low pain and no flares, we "forget" how bad it sometimes is. We remember that we HAD pain or a flare or whatever, but not actually the pain itself. So that's where the thinking "I'm ok" or "I must be getting better" or even "maybe it's gone away" (which may also be a bit of that denial creeping back in). Then we over do it. We run the chainsaw, we mow the half acre property, we volunteer to organize the entire wedding, etc. Then... inevitably, we flare. And we're sorry that we forgot how bad it can be, sorry we did whatever it was that triggered the flare (like stress). We do it to ourselves, yes. But I think at least some of the blame (not that it helps any!) at the feet of Evolution. I am not a medical doctor and any medical opinion I give is based on personal experience and/or research. It is not intended to suppliment or replace your doctor. Follow at your own risk.
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