Is it any wonder, then, that chronic pain must be unlearned as well? Here's my friend, Dr. Howard Schubiner, who has spent decades "re-teaching" pain patients who have learned nerve pathway responses that seem to be exploited by stress and societal persuasions, and then recombobulated into a disability that is sustained by the under-informed concept that they have to suffer. How many children have back pain? The stories we tell ourselves have profound impacts on what we feel, and what we've felt changes our story. Pain science is a great, untapped repository for character development. https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/unlearn-your-pain/201405/can-back-pain-be-contagious-times-the-answer-is-yes