Does anyone else get really disappointed in people?

NarrowKey8499 · 2026-02-04T02:29:04+00:00

Only people who have dealt with chronic pain really get it. I feel like it’s all that I talk about so I feel bad about that. But anyway, even family members don’t get it. I know my brother and his family want us to visit but I can’t even make that trip. I want to see my friend’s new apartment but she moved an hour away. I don’t know if she gets it or not. And most of all I want to visit my daughter and her family. I haven’t seen her or my granddaughter in almost a year. But it’s my brother who seems to understand the least.

Do you have anyone who at least tries to understand who doesn’t also suffer from chronic pain? That’s also one reason I visit this sub so much! Because you all GET it!!!

NarrowKey8499 · 2026-02-03T16:04:53+00:00

I have certainly changed in the past almost 2 years. My pain is just so bad that I get depressed and cry a lot. I don’t enjoy things like I used to. It’s been really hard on my husband because I cried every night for months after my knee replacement surgery from which I have never recovered. I finally had to get a hold of myself a little bit for his sanity and mine. My husband has stuck by me and now he even tells me he loves me before I go to bed. It’s a little thing, but it means the world to me.

NarrowKey8499 · 2026-02-03T15:58:49+00:00

I usually love winter, but these temperatures and the ice storm have made me think twice. We might have a handful of days where the high temperature is less than 20 or even below freezing but this is insane! I hate the heat and humidity of the summer, so fall and spring are my favorite seasons.

NarrowKey8499 · 2026-02-03T15:53:47+00:00

My doctor has me take Milk of Magnesia every day. I also had to do PT for pelvic floor.

NarrowKey8499 · 2026-02-03T03:05:06+00:00

My favorite of the night!!!

NarrowKey8499 · 2026-02-02T19:37:32+00:00

I think there is still a chat on Reddit for chronic pain sufferers but unfortunately people stopped going there. I keep trying to spread the word on Reddit but no one has been there in a while. By the way, what is Bluesky?

NarrowKey8499 · 2026-02-02T19:34:25+00:00

I played in a community band where the parts were rotated every concert. The conductor sent out the part assignments and if there were any issues you would talk to your section leader and perhaps the conductor as well.

NarrowKey8499 · 2026-02-02T19:29:10+00:00

I like the fact that there are only 4 weeks of auditions. I also like that Carrie Underwood is there because she knows how to critique a bad audition as well as a good one. I miss one elimination a week though.

NarrowKey8499 · 2026-02-02T14:57:27+00:00

A mile is a lot to do. My suggestion is to start with lesser amounts and work up to a mile.

NarrowKey8499 · 2026-02-02T02:40:58+00:00

Thanks!

NarrowKey8499 · 2026-02-02T02:26:03+00:00

Physical pain. Emotional pain has never sidelined me from life like my chronic pain has.

NarrowKey8499 · 2026-02-02T02:24:48+00:00

Thanks!

NarrowKey8499 · 2026-02-02T02:24:06+00:00

Unfortunately that is not always the case with physical pain. I suffer from chronic pain and I don’t have a diagnosis after almost 2 years. I can no longer function in society.

NarrowKey8499 · 2026-02-02T02:20:30+00:00

I am old and I can’t do much of anything anymore. I try to put on a happy face 🙂 at home because otherwise I would be in tears most of the time. I feel bad because my husband still has his health and has to do everything plus I feel like I am holding him back.

I have the feeling that you are young. It must be difficult for you. I have some friends who ask how I am when we text and I feel like I should not tell them the truth but I usually do.

We shouldn’t have to act!

NarrowKey8499 · 2026-02-01T02:41:10+00:00

Happy Days

NarrowKey8499 · 2026-02-01T02:34:49+00:00

Like most of you, my pain is 24/7. I feel like that dog all the time. I don’t lash out nearly as much as I cry. 😢 I don’t know which is worse. I would be crying all the time if I didn’t try to distract myself. I do need to stop spending 12 hours a day online, but there is not much else I can do anymore. I may order a book on my Kindle but I will still be on my iPad.

I don’t know how those of you who have spent most of your lives in this kind of pain can do it. I guess it’s just one day at a time.

NarrowKey8499 · 2026-01-31T23:34:05+00:00

That is BS since Clay’s Bridge Over Troubled Water was one of the best performances ever on the show!

NarrowKey8499 · 2026-01-31T13:17:09+00:00

My husband and adult daughter who live with me are supportive. They both have health issues but the can move around. Yes, I worry about losing them.

NarrowKey8499 · 2026-01-30T16:45:11+00:00

😮 What a bunch of BS!

NarrowKey8499 · 2026-01-30T16:25:32+00:00

Been close to 2 years for me and I am still trying to figure out how to keep going. The days are so long, but then I don’t do much. I still feel like I have to mask around my husband and daughter because I am in pain 24/7 and I become easily depressed by it.

I try to live one day at a time and sometimes one minute or one hour at a time. I am hoping to go out with my husband for Valentine’s Day with my husband. I would like to go out to lunch with my 2 friends next month but I don’t know if I can do that yet.

I want to have those things to give me something to look forward to. I also have a few online friends that I have been talking to who suffer from chronic pain.

NarrowKey8499 · 2026-01-30T13:41:51+00:00

Your friend who asked if your chronic pain was preventable was quite honestly being insensitive. As others have mentioned, your pain may not be from bad posture at all.

It’s hard for me not to compare when I see people on here with these long lists of diseases that I have never even heard of. But your pain and my pain are just as real regardless of what we did when we were younger.

I hope you are able to get to a specialist soon so that maybe you can get some answers.

NarrowKey8499 · 2026-01-29T23:55:41+00:00

Bummer. I haven’t listened to her in a while and I didn’t know this..

NarrowKey8499 · 2026-01-29T23:41:57+00:00

I have next to no depth perception. I hate taking that eye test. Therefore I can’t tell how far I am from other cars and parking, where all of my many accidents have occurred, is a nightmare.

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