So I deal with chronic pain and I recently completely ran out of all medication options to try and deal with my pain AND I don’t have a way to get anything new.
Crippling poverty aside- untreated pain makes me a miserable person. Both internally and to be around. My mood drops, my patience disappears, I’m just in an awful headspace. Because of this I remove myself from situations where I could cause unnecessary conflict or hurt feelings bc I am still TRYING to be a considerate person. I’m not wanting to make other people suffer with me.
And yet. I know almost inevitably someone in my life is going to read this the wrong way, even when I communicate with them what’s going on. Because people who don’t deal with chronic pain seem to think it just. Goes away? Or something? I don’t fully know, I don’t have the capacity to know at the moment. I’m just here to vent. But yeah pain sucks. Not being able to do anything for that pain sucks. The isolation that comes from pain sucks. 0/10 would not recommend.
