‘Chronic pain is real. We need to end the stigma’ – woman on her decades-long struggle with condition

Campaign under way to highlight burden carried by a third of people across Ireland

Chronic Pain Ireland member Elizabeth Mansfield from Dundrum. Photo: Paul Sharp

When Elizabeth Mansfield was just 33, her life was upended by something she could not see. Often, neither could anyone else.

Working in a demanding role that required regular travel, meetings and deadlines, the Dubliner noticed a persistent ache.