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We all live with an acceptable amount of pain since we have no choice.

What do you rate your every day pain?

If someone swapped bodies with you, what would THEY rate that pain?

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[–] SpezCanLigmaBalls 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Sometimes 3 sometimes 7. I swear if someone swapped bodies with me they would think they’re dying on my bad days

[–] popemichael 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If I could have a really low-key superpower, I'd love to be able to let people feel like me for 10 seconds so they could understand.

It takes a person really messing themselves up before they go "Ohhh! So that's what it's like"

[–] SpezCanLigmaBalls 2 points 2 years ago

Yup. I’m only 25 so grasping the concept of chronic pain is hard. But toward the end of last year that all changed. Now that my pain can be as bad as it is and I know people have it worse than me, I really empathize