you are not alone!

If we want to be able to prevent and deal with pain, we first need to understand what it actually is and where it comes from.

Pain is our bodies way of sending us an alarm signal, making us aware of injuries so that we can tend to them, recover, but also learn not to repeat the action that led to getting injured in the first place. It might seem at times that life would be better withot pain, but people born without pain perception (a genetic disorder called CIP) show us otherwise – they have an extremely high mortality rate due to undiscovered injuries leading to their death (be it internal organ damage, broken bones, sepsis, etc.). Small children who can’t feel pain have even been reported to eat their own fingers or toes. Pain is crucial for our survival.