Eli5: If you are In pain, and you fall asleep, what “happens” to the pain?

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Eli5: If you are In pain, and you fall asleep, what “happens” to the pain?

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Answer 1

My woman suffers from chronic pain (spinal issues and the aftermath of a pilon fracture) and the effect there is that her quality of sleep is just absolute trash every night. She’s an outlier, but it’s an example of what’s possible.