physical health (negative)
A friend mentioned that dissociation is good at masking pain, equivalent to a low dose of opioids. I'm pretty much permanently in a partially dissociated state because it's the only way I have to deal with the dysphoria, so I decided to check on how much pain I'm masking on a regular basis.
Turns out it's a lot. Anything below a 6 on my personal pain scale just does not register. And so I have no idea how long my joints have been this fucked for.
re: physical health (negative)
@terrana Oh dear. I'd say you should probably see a doctor about it, but I suspect you already know that.
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re: physical health (negative)
@Felthry @terrana Oh gosh. Yeah, something like that, maybe mixed with an "I realized I had gotten used to a lot of these pains" might explain it.
Good luck. I hope there's help they can offer.