4 16 pm pst [ pain ]
I used to be totally baffled by how people could live
in constant pain. I had friends with lupus and severe
arthritis, and though I understood that they lived with pain, I could not
understand how they lived with the constant pain.
One day, more than a year ago now, I woke up with a
sore neck. I thought I had slept wrong.
It persisted. I stretched. Some days it was worse and
it never really got better.
I didn't notice for months and months that I was living
in constant pain. Every single day my neck hurts. I'm sure it's some
sort of whiplash I got from being in a car accident when I was twelve or
something.
Now I know. Now I know it hurts all day every day, but
because it's constant, I forget to notice. Humans are so adaptable. We
are really remarkable people. I'm sure that even with pain much much
worse than mine, one could forget to notice it too. Amazing...
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