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When others question the validity of your pain

My husband doesn't understand why I can't just push through my nerve pain like I used to, and I'm starting to wonder if I'm being weak or dramatic.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

External skepticism about internal experience creates doubt about one's own perceptual reality.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Pain — acute and chronic management?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.