True observations. As a physical therapist told me years ago, "If you have a broken arm or leg, people can see the cast and will empathize with you. But when you have chronic pain, they cannot not see it and "begin to think it is all in your head." I went through this for some years with doctors who did not believe there was anything wrong with me. Ended up, after loads of tests, X-rays, a couple of MRIs, that the doctors discovered that I had Polymyalgia Rheumatica which is rare for an afro-american. It originally was diagnosed among European female Caucasians. Unfortunately, I suffered needlessly. As soon as I was diagnosed and treated correctly, I began to heal, had less pain and my overall moods changed. It is so easy to assume that "pain is all in a person's head." In the meantime the person suffers not only with the pain, but the agony of trying to get people (and doctors) to understand the torture that they live with on a daily basis. Let's have more empathy for those who suffer with chronic pain. I hope this helps someone out there that needs more understanding of what they are going through.