hi smiles, yes i think someome has to feel the pain themselves. you can hear the word but unless you experience it yourself you do not know what it is. the closest you can come to feeling it in my opinion without having it is living with someone who has it. i've heard the word a few times before i knew i had it but it was just another word or condition someone had. when you feel it without knowing what it is it is really a horrible experience. you don't know how to explain it to anyone let alone your doctor. you feel they will think you're crazy or a hpochondriac. anyway, when i finally knew there was a name for what i was feeling it was such a relief that i wasn't crazy or just imaging these feelings of pain. there is still a lot i don't know about it but by checking things out on the web and being on this site has really helped me to understsand a little more. just reading about what some people are going through has also helped. some people have the same symptoms, some people have worse. there also different levels of pain. some people with fibro feel the pain more intensely. they have a lower tolerence to pain. i believe that. so in answer to your question, yes i believe a person has to experience the pain to really understand it. hugs, chris |
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