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The Fifth Vital Sign

Invisibilia

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Amplified Pain

Devon had something which is often referred to as amplified pain. Her brain was stuck on the wrong setting and couldn't stop paying attention. Even normal stimuli, like the breeze from a fan, was interpreted by her as an attack. Devon remembers coming home from the doctor and getting on her computer to research amplified pain. The very first video i clicked on, it was a girl probably around my age, and she could not function at all. She had cabinets full of prescription medication. That's how severe her pain was. And yet, that was definitely like a realization point for me. It was a lot too swallow.

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