Mental health
fromPsychology Today
15 hours ago"Lower the Emotional Volume": Chronic Pain
Chronic pain often outlasts tissue healing due to central sensitization, requiring psychological and behavioral approaches alongside physical treatments.
In a refugee camp in Bangladesh, children jump rope with chains of rubber bands. In wartime Gaza, kids fly kites made from discarded parachutes. And in Ukraine, youngsters tussle in make-believe war, imitating soldiers as the real conflict rages on. These are some of the ways that children continue to create, imagine and seek joy even in the harshest circumstances. For them, play is not a simple pastime but a lifeline.