ANTHROP 3HI3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Chronic Pain, Chronic Condition, Sick Role
4 Feb 2018
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Chronic pain threatens an individual"s sense of self. The real me references an individual"s past. When pain is felt, identity is suspended; when it leaves, the person feels like themself again sometimes original identity cannot be recovered due to emotional/spiritual/mental constraints. Pain disrupts all aspects of an individual"s life. Discussions of future is hardest thing for someone with chronic pain to speak about. Associated with limitations on work, household chores, fatigue, social roles and obligations. Chronic pain causes: reduced quality of life and physiological suffering of individual. May or may not have an awareness of the self. Shaped by cultural, societal, familial, and individual values. Some aspects of the self can be changed. Understanding the self or sense of self is the experience in a person"s illness. Social interactions, educational and social backgrounds shape who we are, because of these factors the self is constantly changing.
