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24 Post author: Dorikka 09 September 2013 03:32AM

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Comment author: avairosa 10 September 2013 03:14:47PM 14 points [-]

Not seeing medical professionals as soon as medical problems arose. I now live with (likely) permanent chronic pain which may well have been preventable were the causes addressed at an earlier date.

The mental model that states that since all past problems have been inconsequential, all future problems must therefore be inconsequential is a problem here. Holding that mental state (my past problems have evaporated without issue, therefore my future problems will do likewise) is problematic because most people have not experienced enough major problems to draw on a meaningful sample size here.

Comment author: John_Maxwell_IV 02 November 2014 08:21:49PM 0 points [-]

Not sure if it helps, but I found this book extremely useful for my chronic muscle pain: http://saveyourself.ca/tutorials/trigger-points.php