Chronic pain can result from nervous-system overload that creates physical symptoms in response to repressed emotions, therapist Nicole Sachs says.

What if your brain is the reason some pain feels unbearable? Scientists at the Salk Institute have discovered a hidden brain ...

Over 20% of us adults experience chronic pain, research shows, and the prevalence is only increasing.Studies indicate that chronic pain often results in lost productivity, poor mental health ...

Chronic pain is the most common reason that people seek medical care. However, people living with high-impact chronic pain—pain that limits daily activities on all or most days for three months ...

Chronic pain is the most common reason that people seek medical care. However, people living with high-impact chronic pain—pain that limits daily activities on all or most days for three months ...

After developing chronic pain, I started looking into what scientists do — and still don’t — understand about the disease. Here is what I learned. By Jennifer Kahn Most of us don’t think ...

Eighty-nine people with chronic pain, lasting 16 years on average, were randomised to receive either the programme, delivered by a therapist via an eight-week online programme, while continuing ...

But when guilt is suppressed, denied, or unprocessed, those pain signals can become chronic, creating physical symptoms that seem disconnected from their emotional source. This isn’t imaginary pain.

About 20% of American adults live with chronic pain — and many of them are more likely to develop mental health issues like depression, anxiety and substance use disorders. Many people with ...

Overview of study workflow. Credit: Science Advances (2025). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adt1083 ...

Chronic genital pain sufferers are often gaslit by doctors — here’s why Elizabeth Hintz, University of Connecticut and Marlene D. Berke, Yale University. Updated May 26, ...

2. Triggers mental health issues. Constant pain can lead to feelings of frustration, hopelessness, and anxiety. Over time, it is common for those with chronic back pain to develop depression or ...