The Lived Experiences of Chronic Pain

Goldberg talks about chronic pain. Chronic pain sufferers commonly report that pain can swell to inhabit a person's existence. Pain resists the objectifying techniques of the clinical armamentarium, which undoubtedly contributes to its undertreatment. Chronic pain sufferers typically report experiences of isolation and alienation from their physicians and providers, from their caregivers, and even from their own bodies. Attending to what it is like for a person to live in pain can alleviate this terrifying aloneness.