No, it doesn't hurt. Sometimes it can get a little uncomfortable but never painful. It's tiny little needles that hit pressure points that's supposed to make you feel better.It feels great when they add electrical stimulation to the needles, it's like a massage.
It may help your pains, I don't know. You will have to try it to find out.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.