Pain Influencers

Factors Influencing Pain and Psychogenic Pain

• Biological factors influencing pain include age, genetics, medical conditions, and medications.
• Social factors such as social support, cultural beliefs, location of injury, and daily activities can affect pain perception.
• Psychological factors like stress, mood, expectations, beliefs, and coping mechanisms play a significant role in pain experience.
• Psychological symptoms in chronic pain can include anxiety, depression, guilt, insomnia, and fatigue.
• Psychogenic pain disorder can be attributed to beliefs, memories, or emotions, leading to initiation or worsening of pain.
• Types of psychogenic pain can manifest as headache, stomachache, backache, or muscle pain.
• Causes of psychogenic pain can be linked to the environment, mental health, genetics, and past traumatic experiences.
• The environment associated with pain can contribute to heightened pain levels.
• Negative emotions and pain are associated with the same brain part, influencing pain perception.
• Genetics and previous injuries can influence how individuals feel pain in the present day.
• Past traumatic experiences can lead to a more active nervous system, increasing susceptibility to pain.
• Treatment for psychogenic pain can involve medical doctors, therapists, mental health professionals, behavioral therapy, group therapy, physical therapy, counseling, antidepressants, and non-narcotic painkillers.