Is there an official difference between a minor and a major injury?
Is there an official difference between a minor and a major injury?
Let's face it: we all want to be told that our pain is real and worthy of sympathy. It's natural for us to want to be taken seriously when we're in physical or emotional distress. But as much as we may want to use the terminology “minor” and “major” injuries, they don't really exist. An injury is an injury, and whether it's a stubbed toe or a stress fracture, it's not the severity of an injury that matters—it's how effectively you recover from it.
The terms “minor” and “major” are used colloquially at best and with negative connotations at worst. They're generally reserved for describing accidents or acts of violence, but they're also used to describe illness (“I have a major headache”). Whether it's a broken bone or a migraine, these terms imply that some types of pain are more acceptable than others. The problem is that none of these things are inherently more serious than any other type of pain: what makes them different is how the person experiencing them feels about them, not how much pain they actually cause.
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