Log #51 (3D Pian)

Log #51... I had a strange connection here. You know how you see or here one thing and somehow your brain connects it with something else that is totally unrelated? Well, mine just popped up with Area 51. Kind of weird and funny at the same time. Area 51, the so-called secret military base where super military weapons are developed, crashed alien space ships are held, and where Indiana Jone's archaeological finds are held to keep the world safe. Chronic Pain is kind of like Area 51 to a lot of people... It's a condition that few people know about, the life we live is alien to most people, and some people think it's an invention of the mind like the Indiana Jones movies.

Speaking of movies... There seems to be a lot of 3D movies coming out these days. There are even TVs coming out that can show 3D media. That is totally awesome and the technology is so good that you don't have to wear those goofy red and blue cardboard glasses. Now you get to wear these comfortable and cool looking things that look like sunglasses. I think the day will soon come when all movies will be in a 3D format. It's a 3D world and it makes sense really.

Chronic Pain, no matter the cause or source, is a 3D thing too. Not 3D in the physical way that can be seen and touched. It is 3D in the following ways:

Debilitating- It severely limits your life in physical, economical, and social ways.
Depressing- Between the pain, medications, and misunderstandings the sufferer can feel very alone.
Dejecting- You lose your status in society and are looked upon as less than a second rate citizen.

I am going to get a little philosophical this evening as I express my beliefs in relation to Chronic Pain. I don't think it really matters if a person believes in God or Higher Power, or if they are Atheist or Agnostic, most everyone feels there is a purpose to their life. As we go through life we have an idea or direction we think we are going and at the end there is some finality to it all. That finality may be death with nothing thereafter or it maybe some existence beyond this to which we travel, but the belief we hold about the end of life only changes the way we approach our purpose.