Oh my version of this is the stuffy nose. It's the worst trying to sleep when both nostrils are clogged. I'm going to take a moment to appreciate my clear nostrils rn
I kinda have the inverse with anxiety.
I don't realize how incredibly anxious I am all the bloody time, until I have that brief rare window without it.
That and pain. I didn't realize I was in pain my whole life until I had surgery for something else and they prescribed me Darvocet. Not only did I wake up feeling refreshed for the first time in my life, I found out just how much pain I've always been in. To the point where the surgery pain was nonexistent and I didn't have to take more than 2 of the pills through the entire recovery period and the second time was just to test my theory from the first.
I've had parts removed since and didn't bother with the pain meds after. It didn't hurt any more than the rest of me did. I'm not sure if I should be scared, worried, or proud of that.
my heart goes out to everybody on this thread who has chronic pain or any such other conditions that prevent them from being in a state of complete painlessness. let's nevertheless take this moment to be grateful to our body for everything it does for us. i hope you all feel better, in some way or the other.
I have atypical trigeminal neuralgia. My head and face are always aching. It would be nice to know what it would be nice not to have that. Or at least remember.
Ive suffered from migraines starting around middle school till now. I started getting Botox treatment for migraines along with taking an emgality shot that I administer myself monthly and my migraines that would end me up in the hospital almost multiple times a month started to slowly become a distant thing. Now maybe twice a year I'll end up in the hospital. I use relpax if I feel one starting to come on and that also works well to stop it.
There's hope and help out there but it's a pain in the ass road. The Botox injections hurt like a bitch but it's only every 3 months. I get through it by squeezing my hands together while my butcher..I mean.... neurologist administers the shots. It's a lot of shots in a short amount of time.
I've had recurring migraines since my teens along with a constant "background" headache that literally never goes away. I'm in my early 40's now & I don't remember what its like to not have a headache.
A bad headache really is among the worst things one can experience. I luckily almost never do. It's the only thing I've ever experienced that I could imagine leading to suicide were it to be chronical with no cure. Not even a bad depression has made me imagine that.
Dang, I'm in the same boat. Botox injections have started helping, but there's usually several weeks at a time where every day I have migraines. If I didn't have to help with kids and family, I'd probably just be in bed half the day. But, as you said, you just get used to it.
About a year ago I had some trouble with a wisdom tooth - and it started friday evening just as my dentist closed shop for the day. It wasn't bad enough for me to go to ER, but I was quite miserable during the weekend. I remember at one point deciding to play some Skyrim VR, thinking maybe pretending like I'm a dragon-killing hero would take my mind off the pain. That's when I learnt that being a Dragonborn with a toothache sucks.
Anyway, since then I've made it a point to think back occasionally and remind myself how great it is when my teeth don't hurt, and I like to extend it to other people too, telling them to realise and cherish their lack of toothache. It's your turn now. Be glad. Unless your teeth happen to hurt atm, in which case sucks to be you. Hope it does away soon.
Toothaches are awful. I basically had ruins in my mouth for years and I always had one wound or another in it.
Somehow I didn't really notice any pain, until it got really worse and I finally overcame my fear of dentists. When I finally got to the doc and all of these problems were treated my whole body just felt so...silent.
The pain must've always been there, I just endured it and subconsciously blended it out.
I get headaches because of neck pain. It's not uncommon at all to have a bad headache, then I crack my neck and the headache vanishes almost instantly. Beautiful feeling. I hate cracking my neck though. It's more of a compulsion if my head is hurting.