Now please keep in mind that I am making no judgments on this conversation but simply sharing it.
In an attempt to explain what life is like for me...this is how it went...
Friend: I can't imagine what life is like feeling pain every day. I just can't. I can't picture it.
Me: Imagine the worst pain you've ever felt in your life. Now think of what it would be like to live with that each and every day of your life.
Friend: I can't.
Me: Have you ever felt pain? Pain that limits your movements, your abilities, pain that makes you want to curl up into a ball and wish to be over?
Friend: Yes, it was excruciating...but it went away.