Showing posts with label discomfort. Show all posts
Showing posts with label discomfort. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 14, 2016

Dear Doctors, Here's Why It's Unhelpful When You Call My Pain 'Discomfort'


You know how doctors always use the word “discomfort” to describe our pain? Instead of recognizing that we are in agony, instead of calling our pain what it is… pain… they often downplay the language they use to describe the severity of what we are feeling.

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