eli5, why is it that sometimes we would injure ourselves and can go minutes without being pain but when we notice the injury we feel pain

Question

eli5, why is it that sometimes we would injure ourselves and can go minutes without being pain but when we notice the injury we feel pain

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Answer 1

There’s many factors but basically you might need to get out of a situation to survive so you produce adrenaline to escape or do whatever you need to do to remove yourself from said danger. When that wears off…

Ow.