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ashling

(25,771 posts)
Mon Apr 16, 2012, 08:14 AM Apr 2012

What to believe?

I woke up again today with a severepain shooting down my arm. The thing is, nothing is wrong with my arm. It works fine. The problem, it seems, is due to a nerve being pinched in my neck.
I often have severe pains in arms or legs or in my side due to nerves that are compressed or pinched far away from where I feel the pain. I see a pain specialist for this.
I may not have the anatomy exactly correct, you get the picture.

At night, when I lie awake due to the pain and my thoughts race through all sorts of odd places, I sometimes start to get -well, a little paranoid. What should I trust.
"Reality" is perceived through what our senses take in, and mine - or at least some of mine - are feeding me hijacked information. So is what I perceive as real actually real?
I mean, the most severe, intense pain I have ever experienced was not what my senses led me to believe it was, what should I believe?

Well, this train of thought can get pretty weird at 3 AM. Which leads me to Republicans.

I have come to the conclusion that Republicans are nothing more than a pinched nerve. I am not sure if it is in my neck, or in my ...

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What to believe? (Original Post) ashling Apr 2012 OP
LOL! Odin2005 Apr 2012 #1
The neck and the ass are closely linked when it comes to getting spasms of unsolicited pain lunatica Apr 2012 #2
I know that I perceive Republicans ashling Apr 2012 #3

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
2. The neck and the ass are closely linked when it comes to getting spasms of unsolicited pain
Mon Apr 16, 2012, 09:02 AM
Apr 2012

Your paranoia may be on to something.

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