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		aiiizzz 5 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A built-in 'off switch' to stop persistent pain That makes no sense. Why would you consider debilitating pain to be important to live through? What is the gain?

jacquesm 5 months ago [–]

It is not like you have a whole lot of choice in the matter so learning how to cope with it is pretty much imperative, besides, the GP may have dependents or other big responsibilities.

stavros 5 months ago | [–]

But the GP said they wouldn't want to turn the pain off if they could.

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