But I had to think to myself that this was normal, because…

“Every EDS patient knows that one of the hardest parts of our day is the moment we open our eyes and waken into the…

— Michael Bihovsky

“There’s such a thing as chronic pain, but there’s no such thing as chronic pleasure. ... For an existing person, the presence of bad…

— David Benatar

“Mental illness People assume you aren’t sick unless they see the sickness on your skin like scars forming a map of all the ways…

— Emm Roy

“Sometimes, this disapproval of how you are managing your pain crosses over to disbelief that you are in as much pain as you say…

— Murray J. McAlister

The lesion is in the area of my brain that is responsible for motor function, so I have continual chronic pain in my left…

— Karen Duffy

“In the debate over opioid addiction, there’s one group we aren’t hearing from: chronic pain patients, many of whom need to use the drugs…

— S. E. Smith

I literally couldn't walk down the street; I slept for 16 hours a day, was in chronic pain, had blackouts, never-ending heart palpitations, unbearable…

— Ella Woodward

“Government agencies are trying to get doctors to cut back on prescribing opioids. I understand that they need to do something about the epidemic…

— Alison Moore

I've always loved animals. I've never lived without them. As long as I can remember, I was bringing home strays. When I was five,…

— Ken Wahl

I shake all the time. It's exhausting and causes chronic pain in my joints and muscles. It is also the only life I have…

— Maysoon Zayid

I think anyone who suffers from chronic pain can agree with this - you feel this great significance. What I wanted to capture was…

— Phil Anselmo

“Not every day is awful. Not every day is good. Despite the way the hours pass, I’m living like I should. Not every day…

— Richelle E. Goodrich

“We already have intriguing evidence that some types of chronic pain work by prediction. Animals who have stress or injury early in life become…

— Lisa Feldman Barrett

“I had learned quickly that life doesn't always go the way I want it to, and that's okay. I still plod on.”

— Sarah Todd Hammer

The only way to truly understand someones chronic pain...is to experience that pain yourself, which you probably never will.

— Azgraybebly Joslan