Are We All Masochists?

What masochism can teach us about pain and resilience

Photo by Earl Wilcox on Unsplash

For about a year now, I’ve struggled almost daily with back and pain that ranges from aggravating to debilitating. Like everyone else who had to cobble together a WFH set up in the early months of the pandemic, I neglected a lot of my ergonomic needs. Sitting for hours on end, rounding my shoulders, hunching when tense (which is all…