Q: If you suffer from chronic pain, doing this can make it worse, according to research from Germany?
A: talking about it frequently
If you suffer from chronic pain, talking about it frequently can make it worse, according to recent research from Germany. Investigators at Friedrich-Schiller University of Jena used brain scans to determine how healthy people process words describing pain. When participants were asked to imagine situations that corresponded with words associated with pain such as “excruciating,” “paralyzing” and “grueling” the brain’s pain processing centers showed a clear response. The conclusion: Words alone can trigger pain.
