If my loved one was in unbearable pain because of a terminal illness, while it would be hard to say goodbye, I would not want him / her to endure that pain just for my sake. (bookbrowse.com)
It's not surprising that parents struggling to make sense of the unimaginable and to forge on in the face of unbearable pain often relate to their offspring in a sort of dissociated state — asking questions without authentic curiosity, hearing without listening, looking without seeing. (collaborativepracticecenterdc.com)
Glenn, 54, a married father of one teenage daughter living in New York State, was a longtime fitness buff who lived with unbearable pain in both of his hips. (health.com)