#normalamountofpainiszero — Public Fediverse posts

For some reason, it’s always hard for me to internally justify taking NSAIDs for minor aches.

Like, when the pain is obvious (I mean, overwhelming to the point I can’t quite think of other things) - I just take a pill, and it goes (if I didn’t miss that window during migraine onset when it works), and I keep going.

But this minor pre-pain, as I internally define it, that thing which is a bit more than just inconvenience and a bit less than something I am ready to slap ‘pain’ label onto - it is enough to make me if not quite miserable(as I can ignore it to some degree), but eats the spoons for sure - idk why, but I kinda hesitate to admit it needs to be addressed.

My kid keeps reminding me that “The normal amount of pain is zero” and tells me to take a pill and stop suffering, but for some reason I always feel guilty if I do, so I keep trying to ignore it and hoping it will pass when I eat, when I drink, when I take a walk, when I go to the bathroom etc. It does sometimes go(even if temporarily) or gets lighter after doing one of those things, but mostly it doesn’t and gets worse with time(and when it gets past certain mark, I’d give up and take the pill - but that may be after hours of that mild suffering)
I wonder sometimes what is it that makes me hesitate. Is it the false hope? Stupid childish “If I don’t acknowledge it, it ceases to exist?” Internalized ableism?
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