A friend of kengr's, who has fibromyalgia (the friend, not kengr), told me today that one of the ways fibromyalgia can be triggered is thus: the brain sends out pain signals meant to tell the individual "STOP THAT! YOU'RE MAKING THE DAMAGE WORSE!" and the person ignores the pain. The brain, thinking it's not getting through, goes into overload, turning ( Read more... )