Junge Schmerzgesellschaft der Deutschen Schmerzgesellschaft e.V.

📆 Der Arbeitskreis der Jungen Schmerzgesellschaft lädt am Dienstag, den 03.11.2026 um 19 Uhr zum Journal Club ein.

📍Thema: When pain overwhelms the self: A phenomenological study of a new mode of suffering, based on adults’ recollections of their worst pain episodes.

Unser Referent, Peter Stilwell, BKin, DC, MSc, PhD. Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Psychology, University of Southern Denmark. Researcher, Elective Surgery Center, Silkeborg Regional Hospital. Affiliate Member, School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, McGill University. Research Focus: Theoretical and qualitative research on pain and suffering.

Title of the study: When pain overwhelms the self: A phenomenological study of a new mode of suffering, based on adults’ recollections of their worst pain episodes.

Short summary of the study: Suffering is a foundational yet understudied construct within the field of pain. There is general agreement that pain-related suffering involves disruption to one’s sense of self. Our past work argues that popular understandings of suffering fail to account for pain’s immediate, disruptive impact and denies the potential for suffering among individuals without self-reflective capacities (e.g., infants and people with advanced dementia). This qualitative phenomenological study characterizes how pain can radically transform one’s in-the-moment sense of self. Results reveal a new mode of pain-related suffering that does not require self-reflection. This supports the expansion of traditional understandings of suffering, exclusively anchored to self-reflection, to now include two inter-related modes of pain-related suffering.

Link to the study: https://www.jpain.org/article/S1526-5900(25)00640-6/fulltext

Zoom-Link zur Teilnahme:https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87030159064?pwd=zPb0OJHr0w4ntTQ0OaK4AzcJWKuT3J.1

Meeting-ID: 870 3015 9064

Kenncode: V7zTCF

Wichtig: Journal Club am 03.11.2026 wird auf Englisch stattfinden