Joe’s pain story
Joe’s pain story told by his mum Jenny as part of the UP | Understanding Pain Campaign that launches this Saturday with 700+ singers performing at Heathrow – follow us on Twitter @upandsing to show yourRead More…
Category Archives: Pain narratives
Where have ‘I’ gone?
Neuroscience focuses upon the brain. Neuroscience has shown us that the brain is involved with pain. Consequently the brain has been blamed for pain, the unpleasant motivator that is designed to grab our attention and enforceRead More…
When do we seek help for our pain?
When do we seek help? I am interested in the point at which an individual decides that they need help. The timeline varies enormously from the initial feeling of pain to years of discomfort that finallyRead More…
Bear traps and how to avoid them
My old headmaster would warn us not to fall into bear traps. By this he meant pay attention to what you are doing so that you do not make a simple mistake. He would set aRead More…
18Oct/13
The virus that is pain beliefs | A brief view on the ‘meme-osity’ of pain
We develop beliefs about pain very early in life through experience of injury, by the things we are told by significant others and via observation. These become ingrained and emerge later on when we experience aRead More…
08Oct/13
The Narrative Series (1) | Marathon de Sables by George Griffin
My old friend George Griffin has kindly agreed to write about his incredible experience of running the Marathon des Sables. This is part of a series of guest blogs, The Narrative Series, where I have asked individualsRead More…