10 Best Articles on Pain
The most useful articles on pain from around the web—beginners to advanced—curated by thought leaders and our community. We focus on timeless pieces and update the list whenever we discover new, must-read articles or videos—make sure to bookmark and revisit this page.
Top 5 Pain Articles
At a glance: these are the articles that have been most read, shared, and saved on pain by Refind users in 2023.
Short Articles
Short on time? Check out these useful short articles on pain—all under 10 minutes.
This Is How To Deal With Pain: 4 Powerful Secrets From Research
We've all felt it -- and it's not much fun. What are the best ways to overcome pain? Here's what the research has to say...
«The Pain Management Workbook”, “When the Air Hits Your Brain: Tales from Neurosurgery”, “The Body in Pain: The Making and Unmaking of the World”, and “The Psychology of Pain.”»
On Pain, Suffering, and Hope
The best way to divorce pain from suffering is to give yourself space to talk about your pain.
40 Ways to Let Go and Feel Less Pain
Shared by 888, including irene-rubio
«Many times when you’re angry, you focus on what someone else did that was wrong, which essentially gives away your power. When you focus on what you could have done better, you often feel empowered and less bitter.»
How I Ended Decades of Chronic Pain
Without meds, my back and hip are, to my surprise and delight, nearly pain-free
How Do We Experience the Pain of Other People?
The ability to empathize, or share the pain of others is mapped onto neurons in the insula, a new study reports.
Long Articles
These are some of the most-read long-form articles on pain.
Mike Conner: Pain and Survival
In 2013, a fire-sprinkler engineer fell five stories from the rafters of a church, shattered 108 bones, and almost died. Then began his battle to walk and live again.
Free yourself from the tentacles of pain with radical acceptance
The painful feelings you avoid grow twisted in the dark. By facing your sorrows and struggles you can take back your life
«I slowly discovered something important: the more we try to evade or avoid painful realities, the more entangled we become in the tentacles of their embrace.»
Pain is not the purview of medics. What can historians tell us?
Medical science can only tell us so much. To understand pain, we need the cultural tools of history, philosophy and art
100 million Americans have chronic pain. Very few use one of the best tools to treat it.
Chronic pain often has no physical cause. Psychotherapy can reduce the suffering.
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