Someone recently told me that the pain I feel now will turn into a disease that will need treatment tomorrow. He called it an alert system that warns me that something is wrong.

For the first time I started reviewing why in fact my bathroom locker is fool of pain killers. Its true that we all don’t ever want to feel pain and our determination is the reason all drug stores run out of supplies every once in a while.

So, what is pain really? Is it not a bell signalling that something is terribly wrong, that your head can’t take your work pressure for example or that back pain that signals that it’s about time you bought flat shoes.

Now think of it this way, you wear bad shoes one day and then you hurry out to work. A few steps after that pain rushes in, they aren’t a perfect fit and your toes have developed little blisters that feel like a burn.

The average person would take them off and figure out why. If you had no pain, you’d keep walking. Pain is a message that something somewhere is going wrong and it is about time we did something about it.

It is a sign that something is physiologically wrong with our bodies. Pain comes way before to warn us that if we don’t do react our lives are in danger.

Pain stands between the victims and the attacker. It’s a rescue plan from the  inside. An escape route is being presented to us but rarely do we take any caution.

How do you explain when a man dies of lung cancer after endless chest pains resulting from heavy smoking?

It’s important to not only take care of the pain but to work towards complete healing. Whether we suffer from periodic or chronic pain we should be keen to get to the bottom of the problem before it all goes all wrong.

So now I change my resolve instead of buying more paracetamol I reduce  my alcohol consumption. Instead of buying more stomach pain killers I ate healthy.

My headache will not cease until I start resting more and my back pains is only a sign that am straining my back and instead of filling my locker with pain killers I need to overhaul my life style and to take care of myself more.

Pain is definitely a good thing if it keeps me informed of what I need to avoid. I am not saying that we should appreciate headaches, all I’m is that when you have one it’s a good sign that your emergency warning system is fully functional.

Each pain killer you take should mean more than just stopping the pain. It should mean critical review of what is happening to your body so that you prevent tragedies since you are informed before hand.

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