How Diversion Pain Syndrome causes chronic back pain

What is Diversion Pain Syndrome?

Diversion Pain Syndrome is a defense mechanism of your brain.
Yes, your brain has a function to protect you. For both physical as well as emotional danger. In case of physical danger, you will flee, fight or freeze. But the brain also has a protective function for emotional danger.
Emotional danger can be anything that will remind you of what hurt you, or of unpleasant events or situations from the past or present.

Depending on your character type, your brain creates a diversion mechanism to give you physical pain in order to prevent you from feeling emotional pain. Result: Emotions are being repressed.
Smart brain, but not really helpful.

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