Wired into Pain
Chronic stress or trauma
Even if you weren’t born super sensitive, ongoing stress, trauma, or illness (like migraines or autoimmune issues) can rewire your nervous system to become hyper-vigilant. It starts scanning for threats, real or sensory, all the time. Over time, this can lead to:
Sensory overload
Emotional flooding
Chronic pain or fatigue syndr
The Alchemy of Pain
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Another central idea in the neuromatrix model is that pain is an “output” of the brain, not a signal or “input” to the brain from the body.66 In this sense, the pain alarm system is like the movement system, in that it gathers information from the body, interprets it, and then creates outputs to accomplish goals. With pain, the goal is to encourage
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