from neurological point of view, why self inflicted pain hurts less or doesn’t hurt at all?
In: Biology
I think you mean like then you tickle yourself and it dosnt feel the same as when someone else tickles you.
There is a psychological component to that, theres an experiment when they cover your hand and put a mirror between both hands, and you look and the hand in the mirror looks like your other hand, so it feels weird. theres a smiliar experiment when they put a rubber hand where your real hand should go, and when done correctly you can actually feel it when someone tickles or stabs it.
you have to understand that when you cut your hand its not your hand thats hurting, its your brain telling you your hand is hurting, i know it sounds weird since you feel the pain in your hand but you´re basically a brain in a jar with the nerves connecting you to sensors like eyes, ears, skin, nose…
and it depends on how your brain interprets the pain. theres a condition called Cipa where your pain receptors dont work correctly or your brain fails to interpret pain, its very complex when you cant even notice small cuts or when your eyes get dry…
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