Pain scale

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The “normal” pain scale does not work for those with a chronic illness or chronic pain, since most of us, at baseline, have some sort of pain or discomfort. When asked “on a scale of 1-10, what is your pain”, we often get weird looks when we say anything above 5, and when we try to explain what we mean, they are skeptical. I made this pain scale to help better explain our levels of pain at different numbers ⤵️ 1️⃣ pain not super noticeable 2️⃣ a little more noticeable 3️⃣ can mostly push... Chronic Illness Motivation, Immune Soup, Migraine Facts, Symptom Journal, Dysautonomia Awareness, Chronic Pain Awareness, Pain Scale, Invisible Disease, Chronically Ill

The “normal” pain scale does not work for those with a chronic illness or chronic pain, since most of us, at baseline, have some sort of pain or discomfort. When asked “on a scale of 1-10, what is your pain”, we often get weird looks when we say anything above 5, and when we try to explain what we mean, they are skeptical. I made this pain scale to help better explain our levels of pain at different numbers ⤵️ 1️⃣ pain not super noticeable 2️⃣ a little more noticeable 3️⃣ can mostly push...

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