Your Nervous System Has a Bouncer

When we have chronic pain, the nervous system is attuned to look for danger, so the bouncers allow more information to pass up to the brain. Chronic pain makes the nervous system more sensitive, and when it gets bombarded by more information than usual, it is going to feel threatened by things that may not actually be dangerous. This is why sensations that aren’t typically painful, like light touch, can feel painful to those who are living with chronic pain.