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Yolanda Pérez Martín1, Milagros Pérez Muñoz2, David García Ares3, Isabel Fuentes Gallardo4, Isabel Rodríguez Costa5.
Abstract
This paper studies the concept of «social pain» and its relationship with physical pain. An in-depth review of its physiology has been carried out, including similarities and differences in processing with relation to physical pain, as well as the interactions between both processes. Social pain is defined as an unpleasant emotional experience which is triggered when the individual feels excluded or rejected by people or social groups with whom they wish have a relationship. This perceived situation produces the same feelings of suffering as that of physical pain. This kind of pain is processed in the same brain areas as physical pain in its affective dimension. It may be revived mentally, even though the interpersonal conflictive situation may have ended long ago. Both types of pain are sources of stress. The confluence of both situations in the same individual adds complications and more pressure to that which is already exerted separately by both stressing factors. This circumstance must be taken into account when dealing with patients with chronic pain.Entities:
Keywords: Chronic pain; Dolor crónico; Dolor social; Mental health; Pain perception; Percepción del dolor; Salud mental; Social pain
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Year: 2019 PMID: 31892425 PMCID: PMC7118561 DOI: 10.1016/j.aprim.2019.10.003
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Aten Primaria ISSN: 0212-6567 Impact factor: 1.137
Figura 1Mecanismos compartidos entre dolor físico y social.
Traducido de Sturgeon y Zautra.
Figura 2Influencia de los factores psicosociales y el dolor social en la percepción del dolor crónico, a considerar en su abordaje terapéutico.