> However, it’s getting frustrating to see all of the reductionist claims that “chronic pain is psychological”.
It's incredibly frustrating and disheartening... For obvious reasons, I'm not going to go into too much detail, but chronic (non-visible) pain is the worst of the worst. People will either think you're "faking"[0] or it's "just psychosomatic"[1]. I actually relish being able to work for a good long day because I'm lucky enough to actually enjoy making computers do stuff.
[0] Yes, I love to miss lots of family occasions, just because.
[1] I'll just will myself better. Nevermind the MRI scans and all that.
EDIT: I should add... the cognitive biases at work are understandable because they've probably been around since proto-humanity, but that doesn't change the outcomes.
It's incredibly frustrating and disheartening... For obvious reasons, I'm not going to go into too much detail, but chronic (non-visible) pain is the worst of the worst. People will either think you're "faking"[0] or it's "just psychosomatic"[1]. I actually relish being able to work for a good long day because I'm lucky enough to actually enjoy making computers do stuff.
[0] Yes, I love to miss lots of family occasions, just because.
[1] I'll just will myself better. Nevermind the MRI scans and all that.
EDIT: I should add... the cognitive biases at work are understandable because they've probably been around since proto-humanity, but that doesn't change the outcomes.