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[–] 37 points 1 year ago (2 children)

"Master, what do I do? What do I do?"

"Eat your rice. Wash your bowl."

--Zen parable

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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago

    Yup, had perfect health until 10 years ago then I got bad discs, arthritis and neuropathy. Now I cannot walk more than a metre or 2 before major ouchies. Enjoy it while you have it.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    There's bone, hurting, and... juice?

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    β€œThis too will pass”

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tg5kB4UcAuA

    If you've ever listened to Welcome to Nightvale this was one of the first weather reports. Was driving to work one day when it came on and just had to pull over and stare off into the distance for a few minutes.

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  • [+] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 7 months ago)
    [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Being disabled in Amerikkka is basically this. I mean lots of people could feel less pain but government and corporations don't want that sooooo yeah..

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    And then it suddenly becomes even worse and you'll yearn back to not the beginning that was the best, but just the previous, only marginally better state.

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  • [+] -26 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (8 children)
  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    If it was this easy we wouldn't have so many problems. Or, you know, discussions about assisted suicide in cases of untreatable and unavoidable suffering in order to respect human dignity.

    Sometimes the pain is here to stay. We all get old, health is a precious privilege and the power doctor's are wielding is unfortunately limited.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    Truly spoken like someone so privileged with good health they don't even know what a chronic disability is.

    Imagine being this ignorant about chronic pain that you think it's a product of moral failure. Imagine thinking that doctors treat chronic pain sufferers like anything but drug seekers. Imagine picking up a prescription is so easy you never had to see your pharmacist give you a dirty look or even deny you medications because they think you don't 'look like you're in pain'.

    Nothing makes us want to kill ourselves more than hearing the 'just diet and exercise duh' people pretend to know what a fraction of being in pain every living second is like.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Can I self medicate with alcohol and weed instead?

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Devinetively possible, but I would advise to only go for weed, since its much "healthier" (compared to alcohol)

    Also not really a ling term solution.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    Healthier than alcohol or a long term solution ?

    Weed is less harmful than alcohol, with almost absolute certainty, which is not to say it is good for your health ("Healthier" does not equate "Healthy"), because it isn't good for your health. There are many many studies backing this claim. Also, it is still debatable whether it is good for the mind of an adult. Some people seem to believe so. It is proven to be bad for your mental health before the brain is fully developped (~25 years old).

    Long term solution for pain: I guess if nothing else works, it could be.. Everyone deals with pain the way they can with what they can access/afford.

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