Does it reduce the pain? Or is it because of the experience of watching people react like that before? Or is it something different from my guesses?
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It is a reflex that cannot be controlled. A startle reflex (from a burn, pain, sound,etc) short circuits through the nervous system bypassing the any decision making in the brain. Verbalization usually is a reaction to the autonomic reaction. That is a personalized reaction once your brain catches up to what happened. It is still not a conscious decision made for that reaction. That follows immediately.
*Hit your finger with a hammer your brain will pull your finger back before the pain registers.
*You yell ouch at the realization it will hurt, but pain hasn’t hit. Ouch is just a generalization of that guttural sound.
*pain hits and you grab your finger and squeeze it as pressure elevates pain (nerves can’t fire pain and pressure signals at the same time). Then your mind is caught up and you probably will swear like a sailor.
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