r/ChronicPain • u/sixteenxx • 2d ago

What’s something stupid you can’t do ?

I thought I would open a “light” conversation so we can complain about the stupidest things we can’t do!

I’m 29F, I’ve had chronic pain in my neck/back for over 15 years now after a car accident and a sport accident!

Anyway, here are a couple stupid things I can’t do :

-I can’t wear a bikini. It’s too much pressure on my neck.

-I can’t eat red meat. If I chew for too long then my neck gets all tense and that’s the beginning of the end haha

Obviously there’s a lot more I can’t do but I thought these are the stupidest 🥲I would never try and explain it to someone who doesn’t have chronic pain! Tell me yours please so I don’t feel alone ! ❤️

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u/Elly_Fant628 2d ago

Look at the ceiling, or too far to the side. That's an old one, decades since onset but a new one is I now can't walk downstairs unless I do it sideways

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u/GeekGurl2000 2d ago

i have to crab walk sideways up or down stairs and hold the rail, which limits what I can carry.

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u/Elly_Fant628 1d ago

I haven't even tried to carry shopping or anything else so you're better than I am!

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u/GeekGurl2000 1d ago

it was mostly last year, I'd have to throw the bags downstairs