Could we survive torture? (Inserting Humor here)
A couple of weeks ago, while on a drive to look at nature for my birthday, my husband and I started talking about pains I was experiencing. The stones in my salivary glands on the left side of my face was acting up and I was telling him what the pain was like. He couldn't believe how extensive it was and how large of an area was in pain.
That got us talking about how I saw this tweet from a doctor who said that he can tell people aren't really in a lot of pain if they are able to breath normally, not cry, and be texting or playing games on their phone. I said "that's bologna cause here I am, in utter agony and I am breathing normal, I'm not crying and I am carrying on a conversation with you. When you deal with constant agonizing pain all the time, you learn to cope with it and it doesn't become as agonizing as it would be to others."
Every day I am in pain, every day, since 2009. I have had a constant, and I literally mean constant, headache since 2009. I live with Endo, Fibro, & IBS. My Fibro often likes to hijack pains and make them more intense than they are. As a kid I was called a wimp because I didn't like to "play" things like "Uncle/Mercy" (2 people inflicting pain on each other to see who caves first) but knowing what I know now, those things hurt me way more than the usual kid because of my Fibro. I didn't like doing anything that caused pains.
Back to that drive...I joked to my husband "Because of all the pain I have experienced and live with daily, I'm pretty sure I could survive torture and not crack". My husband and I laughed and then I added "Honestly, I couldn't cause acute pain is way different." My husband said, "I bet you there are other Endo Warriors out there who jokingly feel like they could survive torture because of all the pains they experience and endure daily."
😝🤪So to my fellow Endo Warriors, do you think you could handle torture? Should spy agencies hire you?
This is for sure something I have personally heard many endo warriors say and it's so true. Endo warriors are some seriously tough cookies and easily some of the strongest people I have ever had the privilege of knowing both mentally and physically. Thank you for sharing this thought Ray! It's such an interesting thought and one that so many can relate to! 💛 I like saying Warriors because I think it does a good job of describing what we are. I use the hashtag EndoWarriors a lot on social media. Every day we are battling and every day we are surviving. You said it! Your forum question here has really got me thinking over the last few days, Ray. It's something I know a bunch of my friends joke about but it's so true. The more I thought about it though, I started to get angry because it shouldn't be the case but it also made me so grateful to know so many incredibly strong, resilient, and badass warriors. I really went through a myriad of emotions about it all. Thank you for sharing this thought. 💛
