how come trauma when young can lead to chronic pain?

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how come trauma when young can lead to chronic pain?

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Trauma can cause the nervous system to get stuck in fight or flight ,which is where stress sits. Stress and pain create a cycle. Something hurts, you tense,hold your body more rigidly which then makes the nervous system feel like it’s under attack,causes more stress which then causes more pain. Unresolved trauma causes more stress which causes more tension on the nervous system which causes more pain and the cycle continues..