The Pain: Part-1

When we are moving around and suddenly our pinky toe bumps up against a wall and a sound erupts from our mouth, or when we are eating and suddenly we bite our tongue and a tear escapes from our eye, we refer to this as a PAIN. 

Yet the real question is, what became of those brief moments? We only experience pain in about 5% of our body, and it nearly brings us to tears.

Let's explore.

The ability to experience pain is a biological necessity. But on occasion, you meet someone and get the impression that they aren't feeling any pain, which makes you envious of them. Is this agony justified? 

But, there is one undervalued aspect of pain: it serves a purpose. yet how?

When we tread on our pinky toe in a corner, nociceptor nerves sense tissue damage and transmit a signal to the brain via the spinal cord. Pulling the leg away from the corner, of this contraction will limit further injury.

This reflex occurs before the message reaches the brain. Once the pain message arrives, it causes an individual to feel an unpleasant sensation — pain. Our bodies resist this new state since we're unaware of it. Our minds go to the natural condition at that moment.

Nevertheless, when you experience pain in your pinky toe, you immediately alert yourself that this is risky and that you must take care of such painful things and take precautions to ensure that this does not happen again or maybe we also need to strengthen the immunity.

For pain, there are 3 things involved as below

1. Source: The affected tissue in our body
2. Interpretation: This determines whether or not the discomfort is pleasant.
3. Output: To what extent are we willing to put up with the suffering?

Everything we've talked about thus far has been physical pain. But what about emotional pain? 

Check back soon for the next article.