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| 1C3 |
 Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 5:23 pm Post subject: Why is pain so bad? |
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I am currently suffering from a strained muscle in my back, which prevents me from doing anything normally, in the context of what I deem normal. (I will live) 
(Yet I am not displeased with this feeling of discomfort (pain) or lack of mobility!)
Although I have my own feelings and thoughts on this subject, I would really like to hear from others and their own points of view of this subject!
Take this question in any context of pain as you will! PLZ
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| Cold Fusion |
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Without pain there would be no happiness.
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| JaneBennet |
| Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 5:19 am Post subject: |
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Pain need not be “bad”. It is the body’s way of telling you that some part of the body needs urgent attention, so you can do something about it. If you didn’t feel pain, you wouldn’t know something was the matter – you might end up losing a vital organ or even your life. So, looked at from this point of view, pain can be “good”.
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| marnixR |
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on the other hand, someone with arthritis probably wouldn't mind the pain to go away, like by ticking the box "i know my joints are worn, but there's not much i can do about it"
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| JaneBennet |
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| Harold14370 |
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| Maybe it is giving you an excuse to avoid work? |
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| 1C3 |
| Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 8:58 am Post subject: |
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| Harold14370 wrote: |
| Maybe it is giving you an excuse to avoid work? |
Why would I be avoiding something that I enjoy doing with great people?!
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| Pong |
| Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 1:47 pm Post subject: Re: Why is pain so bad? |
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| 1C3 wrote: |
| I am currently suffering from a strained muscle in my back |
This kind of pain is highly manageable. The sensation causes nervous tension, which you may feed back, or not. It can even be a pleasant (though distracting) experience to quell such pain with the mind... I think you know what I'm talking about.
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| Harold14370 |
| Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 2:20 pm Post subject: |
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| Harold14370 wrote: |
| Maybe it is giving you an excuse to avoid work? |
Why would I be avoiding something that I enjoy doing with great people?! |
I didn't mean that work, I meant the other kind, like mowing the lawn or putting the screen in the storm door. |
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| 1C3 |
| Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 2:22 pm Post subject: |
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| Harold14370 wrote: |
| 1C3 wrote: |
| Harold14370 wrote: |
| Maybe it is giving you an excuse to avoid work? |
Why would I be avoiding something that I enjoy doing with great people?! |
I didn't mean that work, I meant the other kind, like mowing the lawn or putting the screen in the storm door. |
Don't tell my girlfriend!!!
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| Cold Fusion |
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This isn't the biology section. Either 1C3 misplaced it, or you are not giving the answers that he was expecting. How is, "It is the body’s way of telling you that some part of the body needs urgent attention" philosophical?
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| JaneBennet |
| Posted: Sat May 17, 2008 3:58 pm Post subject: Re: Why is pain so bad? |
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| Cold Fusion |
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I am assuming that was directed towards me.
Yes, he said that to prevent a response like yours.
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| JaneBennet |
| Posted: Sat May 17, 2008 4:22 pm Post subject: |
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IC3 said I could take it in any context, so I took it in the most common-sense direction. What’s wrong with that?
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| Cold Fusion |
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I'm not insulting your post (as you may have found, due to the lack of anger in your response); rather I am only saying that due to this post's placement, it demands an answer unlike your own, or others. Yes, one response regarding biology is acceptable, though when all but one of the rest are of the same misguided context, it annoys me.
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