Chronic Pain and Emotional Health

By Anne Asher, About.com Guide

Updated January 23, 2006

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Depression, anxiety and stress come with the chronic pain territory. Researchers estimate that accompanying depression and anxiety occur in 20% to 50% of patients with chronic pain.2 If you experience chronic pain, your emotions and moods may be strongly influenced by the underlying physiology associated with your condition.

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• The Chronic Pain and Emotional Health Territory
• Nervous System Processing of Chronic Pain is Different than for Acute Pain
• Fast pain or Acute Pain Happens In Response to an Event.
• Slow Pain, or Chronic Pain Travels on Unmeylinated Nerve Fibers
• Emotional Deliverance and the Limbic System
• Bibliography - Chonic Pain and Emotional Health

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