I assume the following is well known. Anyway, here’s an introduction to Lorimer Moseley (and David Butler), 2 Australians that have educated me on pain through a couple of books they have written
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https://www.youtube.com/@Start-Again-xyz
Very intetesting. A bit like neuroplasticity where you relearn things it sounds like the brain can also learn pain. Moving away from that I imagine is difficult.
… and this is for normal people, before we start taking into consideration strokes!
I like to think of stroke survivors as normal people, though I do not speak from personal experience 
Thinking about pain, I have wondered how this works where stroke has left you paralysed. Is it not the case you cannot feel pain on the paralysed side? If so, how can or can that be used to your advantage to recover from stroke? Just thinking out loud
I have wondered also about pain management, for example fire walkers and those people who have ice baths. I myself have trained myself to have cold showers (not ice baths) and am thinking this is some sort of pain management?
Yes, a kind of pain management, Manji
I can almost only feel pain, stroke side. It used to be nothing. Pain is the first sensation to make a comeback. Only later can that feeling be refined and categorized. In most serious strokes, the somatosensory cortex recovers within the first 6 months, while the motor-neuron cortex is still rebuilding. In my case, I was able to rehabilitate my motor cortex very quickly, but my somatosensory was very slow (& still ongoing) in rebuilding. This is the very opposite to the norm… I’d say 1 in 50 follow my pattern (based on the professional opinion of my senior stroke physio). So I am good with movement, bad with feeling. It took me a good 18 months before I could even start to feel pain; now it’s all I can feel, and at low levels continuously all the time. My interoception is still rudimentary.
You can watch “The Man who lost his Body” that the BBC did a few years ago - not my situation but not far off ; I guess it’s a great video to watch to educate people on the difficulties a survivor can face; its also quite inspiring about what shear determination can do:
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x12647t
My case is very complicated for these and other reasons to do with nerves; but I do make progress every week, 2.5 years after my stroke.
Thx for question, ciao, Roland
The man who lost his body - an amazing story.
Thanks for sharing.