19) There are personality traits of mine that I used to hold as immutable truths of who I am, that have turned out to just be nothing more than symptoms of my chronic pain condition. Nervousness around new people, crowds, loud noises? Symptoms. Merely symptoms. Avoidance of potentially uncomfortable physical or emotional situations. All just symptoms. These new medications are slowly changing my life. Of course, I can’t wait to embrace it fully!
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