Making Sense of Chronic Pain
A precise, science-forward examination of chronic pain. What it is, why it persists, and where modern explanations fall short.
This book is written for people who want understanding over reassurance and clarity over comfort.
What This Book Is, and What It Isn’t
This book is not a promise to make pain disappear. It won't offer hacks or affirmations. It won't tell you that pain is "all in your head" or reduce complex biology to a simple story you can feel better about.
Instead, this book examines chronic pain as a real, physical, and neurological phenomenon shaped by biology, history, context, and adaptation. It focuses on how pain works, why it lingers, and why many modern explanations fail to account for what patients actually experience.
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What You’ll Learn
This book builds a framework for understanding chronic pain from multiple angles without leaning on a single theory or narrative.
You'll learn how pain differs from injury and why that distinction matters. You'll understand why chronic pain persists even after tissue has healed. The nervous system adapts, amplifies, and sometimes miscommunicates in ways that perpetuate pain. Popular psychological and wellness explanations often fall short, and this book examines where they miss the mark. You'll also see what current research actually supports and where the evidence is weaker than people claim.
Who This Book Is For, and Who It Isn’t
This book is written for people living with chronic or persistent pain who want to understand what's happening in their bodies without motivational framing or oversimplified explanations.
Clinicians frustrated by reductive pain models will find value here. So will readers skeptical of wellness culture but still seeking clarity. If you value evidence and biological reality over reassurance, this book was written with you in mind.
This book is not for readers looking for quick fixes or guarantees. It's not for anyone seeking affirmation, motivation, or spiritual reframing. If you prefer simple explanations over complex realities or aren't willing to question popular narratives about pain, this isn't the book for you.
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About the Author
Jerry Curry writes about pain science, biology, and the gaps between what gets sold and what holds up. His work cuts through wellness narratives and oversimplified explanations to get at what the body actually does.
He comes from a background in health and training. Years of watching chronic pain discourse play out taught him to pay attention to the friction between what people experience, what they're told, and what the research actually supports.
Broken Script Press exists to publish work like this. Arguments that prioritize clarity over comfort and substance over spectacle.