Persistent Pain vs Acute Pain

Look at the pictures on pages 10 and 11 of the Neuroplastic Transformation workbook Notice that the areas of the brain where pain is experienced are exactly the same, but that the amount of brain “real estate” dedicated to perceiving pain is expanded with persistent pain.

 

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​This shows how the brain's pain network expands when pain transforms from acute to persistent. It also demonstrates that when the brain responds by increasing the release of GABA, the main inhibitory neurotransmitter, from the insula to the amygdala, pain perception is shut off.
Remember that acute pain goes away.

Expect your pain to go away.

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