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- Chronic pain is very unpleasant. Most major injuries (cuts, burns, broken bones) are easy for others to see and respond to with sympathy. But a person in chronic pain who does not have an apparent injury but still "complains" of pain will not receive this same sympathy (even though the pain they are feeling is as bad or worse). This results in severe mental stress and sometimes major behavioral changes or depression. These problems sometimes result in patients becoming so depressed that they are not able to go to work, carry on in family life, etc. This behavior can be an impediment to therapy and recovery. In these situations, behavior as well as pain treatment must become a focus of effective therapy.
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