Darkover
Archangel
- Jul 29, 2021
- 5,649
Nobody knows what you feel unless they have experienced it themselfs. Being in pain is hard to truly understand if you have never been in constant or severe pain in your life. This makes it very easy to underestimate how bad it really is.
Breaking a bone on the other hand is easier to understand: If a part of a machine breaks then that part is out of commission, if a bone breaks then that body part is out of commision. Anyone can try to not use a certain body part to kinda understand the struggle. They know how to help too (like keeping the leg up), they may not have a clue why it is, but they know it helps and they know they can do it.
Thats also one of the problems when someone is in pain: they know the problem but have no idea how to fix it, which scares them. They dont know what to do, and often they cant do anything. Feeling useless sucks so they rather belief that the other person is over exaggerating.
People are scared of that which they dont understand. They dont understand why or how pain can last so long so it scares them.
Breaking a bone on the other hand is easier to understand: If a part of a machine breaks then that part is out of commission, if a bone breaks then that body part is out of commision. Anyone can try to not use a certain body part to kinda understand the struggle. They know how to help too (like keeping the leg up), they may not have a clue why it is, but they know it helps and they know they can do it.
Thats also one of the problems when someone is in pain: they know the problem but have no idea how to fix it, which scares them. They dont know what to do, and often they cant do anything. Feeling useless sucks so they rather belief that the other person is over exaggerating.
People are scared of that which they dont understand. They dont understand why or how pain can last so long so it scares them.
