The Song of Our Scars: The Untold Story of Pain by Haider Warraich [Paperback]

In "The Song of Our Scars", Haider Warraich redefines pain as more than a mere physical sensation, examining it as a deeply social and cultural phenomenon shaped by history, politics, race, and gender. Drawing from personal experience with chronic pain, Warraich critiques the biases and inequities in how pain is perceived and treated. The book traces the evolution of pain management, from medieval taboos to modern opioid crises, and highlights the erasure of pain's spiritual dimensions by contemporary medicine. Warraich argues that chronic pain sufferers are often stigmatized, calling for a holistic approach that integrates pain's history and biology to address human suffering more effectively.