Pain is a Major Depressant

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🗓️ 12 August 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

As though the pain wasn't hard enough to endure, a herniated disc is making it hard for Avi to keep working. Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

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0:00.0	Thanks for listening to my call of the day podcast.
0:02.9	You can hear my live radio program Monday through Friday from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Sirius XM Triumph 11.
0:11.4	Avi, welcome to the program.
0:13.7	Hey, Dr. Laura. How are you?
0:15.6	Good, Avi. How can I help?
0:18.4	Thanks for taking my call. I'm 41 years old. And for all intents and purposes, I have an amazing life.
0:24.6	I have a wife of 18 years.
0:27.6	I have three young boys that are all in great shape.
0:31.6	My wife mostly stays home with them.
0:33.6	She works some.
0:34.6	I have a full-time job.
0:35.6	I'm the breadwinner. And yeah, things are great. I really don't have any complaints, but about a month ago, about three and a half weeks ago, I lifted something and I herniated a disc in my back. And it's been a rough ride. It's been tough, a lot of pain. It's a re-aggravation of an old injury that I was able to
0:55.9	rehab in the past, but this one's a little bit worse. Yeah, I'm under the care of docs, you know,
1:03.9	MRIs, everything. I have a plan. I don't, not happy about it. I don't feel good. It's hard to work
1:10.3	without, I've been able to work.
1:12.0	But, you know, the anxiety and some depression, too, has been really tough on me.
1:18.2	And I've been very stuck mentally about it.
1:20.6	I feel deep down optimistic that I can get through this.
1:25.0	But the idea of not being able to provide, not being able to...
1:30.3	And why would one disc problem make you not be able to provide? What kind of job do you have?
1:37.2	I'm a dentist. So it does hurt to work, although I've been able to. I've been able to work.
1:44.9	But, you know, it's, it's, I'm not, I'm not a construction worker, but it's a, it's a, it's a, it's a body intensive job for sure.
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