Information and opinions on Chronic Pain from niki lawless at ChronicPainConnection.com. The HealthCentral Network, Inc. (www.HealthCentral.com) is one of the top health destinations on the Web, with more than 35 condition-specific, wellness and general health Web properties. http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/634528 http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/634528/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/634528 http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/634528/70008/frustrating Wed, 06 May 2009 22:04:48 -0400 niki lawless I have been miserable since I was about 10 years old. I had a very unstable family life that included alcoholic parents and mental, emotional, and physical abuse- mostly from my mother. To make this story VERY short, after 3 years of things spiraling out of control my mother shot and killed my father.  My younger sister and I were taken to my Grandmothers house where I lived for the next 3 years. I was very traumatized and... http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/634528/70008/frustrating