Posted by AM (172.129.106.169) on August 16, 2001 at 22:51:09:
In Reply to: don't discount stress as a contibuting factor.........nt posted by don on August 16, 2001 at 20:50:37:
But I have to say that its extremely EXTREMELY difficult to stay calm when it feels like someone is shoving a footlong spike through your head at the rate of a snail crawl.
I've been laughing and joking with friends, comfortable and at peace, and had one of these sneak up on me and rob me blind.
A great deal of the people around me tend to think that if they just say, "Ah, its just stress, you just need to relax," then somehow its my fault cause I can't just *chill out* which is pure bullshit.
I don't discount stress. PAIN makes me stressed.