For health professionals supporting chronic pain self management

  • The Comfort of Certainty and the Challenge of Pain

    The Comfort of Certainty and the Challenge of Pain

    Browsing social media, I’m fascinated by how definitive the statements about pain often are. Pain is THIS.Pain is NOT THIS.Your pain is caused by THIS.Your pain is NOT caused by THIS. Humans are wired to reduce uncertainty. Cognitive biases help us make “good enough” decisions from incomplete information, allowing us to function in a complex…

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