eli5: Why do you feel pain when you have a stroke or haemorrhage even tho the brain has no pain receptors?

Question

I remember hearing somewhere that your brain has no pain receptors, as if something touches or damages it, you’re already dead, there’s no need for it to feel pain. Could it be it feels pressure rather than a genuine pain? Or is this total bollocks?

In: Biology

Answer 1

Many have described a pressure. Also, may be pertinent:

1. If you put a cellphone on top of your head and let it vibrate you will not be able to feel it. You can hear it still but won’t be able to feel it as opposed to anywhere else on your body.