Pain, and Personality. . . Depression. . . Work. . .

I have chronic pain, since 1999, I had surgery which resulted in deafness in one ear and a reduction in pain, but it is not gone. I suffer from Trigeminal Neuralgia. I guess at this point, I have learned to live with it. I keep heating pads by me as much as possible since they help relieve the pain to a degree. I try not to complain, I make an ugly face and cringe, but over all I have learned to live with it. I figure there is not much I can do about it, so just suck it up and go on, I won't let it beat me,

I live daily with Chronic pain, on good days I have good moods but the slightest annoyance can set it off very easily. On my bad day watch out I am a bear and if you step on my toes I will steam roll through. My condition is playing with my mind and I am loosing my concentration and fearing what the future hold. This past year the doctors have taken me off meds just to settle things but having a progressive condition it has been the worst year for me.

no i never feel the pain like that till now, perhaps never.

I think it depends a lot on society. here in India we have time to listen to friends' or relatives' complains so we dont feel depression that much compared to western countries. what you call complain we call it sharing.