The more I read about the "treatment" for amplified pain disorders and the guy who created it the more I think no this is fucking insane.
"Put them (usually children AROUND 12 YEARS OLD) in as much pain as possible through 6 hours of daily pt for up to 6 or more weeks"
"They do not talk about their pain or pain level at all, we only ask if the activity is easy, medium, or hard"
"Not everyone is a good fit for this program because it can further traumatize them"
"They cannot take pain medication or anything related like nausea medication during the treatment"
The guy who created it says that the invention of the pain scale has caused more people to develop chronic illnesses "because they're thinking more about pain" and by not thinking about it you will be cured.
Treatment for amplified pain disorders doesn't focus on treating the pain or making you feel less pain, it focuses on putting you in enough pain and desensitizing you (and almost surely traumatizing you) to the point that you just do everything through the pain.
And if you're teaching , again, CHILDREN that because the pain won't injure them they should just push through it even though supposedly it's one of the most painful disorders to have, what do you think is going to happen if they do get injured? If they get ulcers, or strain a muscle, or have chest pains because of a heart issue, or any other problem you can't obviously see? What are they supposed to just assume it's nothing?
And of course this isn't just children because adults have AMPS too they're just usually diagnosed with something more specific like fibromyalgia or CRPS, but this is especially horrible for children who's brains are growing and don't have the capacity to understand as much that this is wrong.
Why is your "treatment" to put usually children in as much pain as possible for up to months on end? So, what? That they essentially give up and assume they'll always have to push themselves far beyond their limits because, "it won't injure you", right? "It's just pain", right? Even though they're in excruciating pain?
Do you understand how unbelievably fucked that sounds?
