TO OUR LISTENERS

Invisibilia is aware of the objections raised on social media in response to our recent episode about pain, called "The Fifth Vital Sign." We regret that the story was shared on some platforms using the word "cure," which was not our intended message about this treatment program.

We recognize that some chronic pain patients felt triggered or harmed by our story and for that, we apologize. Our intention was not to dismiss your suffering, but to highlight the complicated relationship between attention and pain and how our culture's attitude towards pain has shifted over the past fifty years. Chronic pain is