Rather than sitting passively, we need to take back some control
Source: Inews.co.uk.
UK – I didn’t intend to write a book about chronic pain. For most of my life, I’ve been a medical ostrich despite being in constant, daily pain from inflammatory arthritis. I simply wanted somebody or something to make it go away. And for more than 20 years, that something has been drugs – specifically, opioids – in escalating doses.
But after a chance remark, and a little research, I became fascinated by pain science, and the idea that I might be able to control my pain myself. Because pain isn’t simply the binary, on/off alarm system most people (and many medics) assume. Many amputees feel pain in limbs they haven’t got; soldiers often report feeling little or no pain despite horrific battlefield injuries; and there are those (22 per cent of men and 12 per cent of women, according to the Kinsey Institute) who actually claim to enjoy it!
That chance remark was made by award-winning BDSM (bondage, dominance, submissive, masochist) model and author Ariel Anderssen. She’s one of those people who enjoys pain. Tall, slim and blond, Anderssen looks every inch the ballet dancer and actress she was before she began earning a living doing something she loves – which is being tied up and spanked.
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