5) Living with pain and its effect on mental health.
A Series of "short introductions" to Mental Health. By Peter Thompson Dip.Couns. MNCPS (Acc.) Many people find themselves in the unenviable situation of having to live life in varying degrees of pain. This can be constant or rare but acute as well as somewhere in-between. But when unfortunate enough to find yourself with such a vulnerability the everyday tasks that you once took for granted like many of the people around you, now become an increasing challenge by the day. As well as the physical effects of this scenario the psychological effects often create problems without us even being aware until they have become firmly entrenched in our behaviour to the point where our mental health is suffering. I've previously written about always considering what may lie behind the behaviour of another who offends you before reacting. And believe me I appreciate the difficulty in walking a mile in their shoes when often you just want to tell them where to go or punch them in th...