Talking about pain makes many dizzy
It is difficult to escape from the topic

Who has actively devoted himself to research
Or is chronically driven by pain 
There is very little in between…

But before I now continue with my poetry
Shortly a check of existing knowledge
Because also here we must not forget extinction

Extinction – this complex, fragile process
Sometimes highly effective, even if slightly capricious
Is so important, for example, to unlearn pain
And yet extinction can be so easily disrupted by outside influence
It is like a tender plant….

But if it is nurtured and cared for and understood
How it works in the brain and what really happens
Then you have besides classical psychology
A good therapy against chronic pain

Acute pain in itself is not a bad thing at first
We can learn from it, it gives us the hint
For example, don’t put your hand on the stove
Pain has a value for our health

But not when it suddenly takes on a life of its own
When there is no more link from impulse to feeling
Then this learning effect is misdirected
Which then paves the way for chronic pain

But the risk of pain chronification can be reduced
By maximizing our focus primarily on those things
That have a positive impact, not just on what hurts right now
But also to look where I am actually doing rather well right now

And even if we ourselves are not affected by the constant pain
It makes sense in dealing with people who are close to us
To care when our partners are well too
Not only when the pain is really acute again

Doing things that are fun and have nothing to do with pain
So we take away the power of pain and learn a new way of dealing with it
With pleasant things that actively counteract the pain
We don’t just want to endure pain, we want to get close to it

The worst thing we can do is to remain inactive
Because if we do nothing at all, our suffering increases
That’s why today there are trainings, and concrete methods
With which we get pain patients out of their vicious circle

And for this we even go into completely virtual rooms
Where our physical form is taken care of by an avatar
Who cannot feel the fears we carry with us
And he can practice vicariously with us by his side

If in addition a canabinoid is handed to us at the right time
One can assume that the sensation of pain is recalibrated
And still we must manage to optimize therapies
To always combine new training units from it

Because as Emily Dickinson wrote,
It has no future but itself, Its infinite realms contain
Its past, enlightened to perceive
New periods of pain