I'm finding it hard to have the right head space to post anything worthwhile, but I'd like to share this song with you.

[LuckyCharms]

6. Thank you. That's spot on, too.

I would say this...

In addition to depleting your reserves, health problems...severe pain in particular...shock you. It kind of takes your thought processes away, because you are just...suddenly shocked.

Judgement, reason...everything is gone. It's only when it abates, when it calms down a bit, when you can get your mind to a place where you can try to understand it and deal with it rationally and with positivity. Once the shock passes. And what I'm saying here is that sudden pain can indeed be negotiated with. You can make peace with it...but only when it calms down to the point when you can think.

When the pain hits...nothing else exists. No thoughts, no emotions that can be processed, just...shock. I think the negotiation makes itself possible when you are in a place where the pain is not so bad, so you can get your arms around it a little better.

Your comment is interesting and something to ponder.