When pain overwhelms the self: A phenomenological study of a new mode of suffering, based on adults' recollections of their worst pain episodes.
Journal of Pain May 2, 2025 Peter Stilwell, Mael Gagnon-Mailhot, Anne Hudon et al. 8 citations
Suffering is a foundational yet understudied construct within the field of pain. There is general agreement that pain-related suffering involves disruption to one's sense of self. The selfhood literature characterizes two inter-related modes of self-experience. One mode entails in-the-moment experiences that shape one's stream of consciousness; another involves self-reflective thoughts about...
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2025.105413 (opens in new tab)
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Phenomenology
Chronic pain
Qualitative methods
Suffering
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