Health & Fitness
Is Your Brain Shrinking? If You're In Pain, The Answer Might Surprise You
New studies provide shocking insight into chronic pain.
Chronic pain isn't just about physical suffering. As any chronic pain sufferer can tell you, it's also common to experience sleep disturbances, depression, and anxiety. Many people with chronic pain have a hard time making even the simplest decisions.
Why does this happen?
According to a number of studies, chronic pain may be killing off the cells in your brain while simultaneously causing the brain to form new connections. This means that the brains of chronic pain sufferers may be experiencing a very literal reduction, all while forming new links between the areas of the brain that are responsible for pain, emotion, and stress.
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