All the social construct and higher-level understanding aside, what is pain in terms of chemical and physical interactions with the neurons? For example, dopamine (and others) cause happiness…anything similar to that with pain?
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Hormones are very complicated, and are more like random components than actual emotions themselves. For example, oxytocin is often called “the love hormone”, but it also is released when you fire a gun, so is clearly not always to do with love. Actual sensations or thoughts are more about what pathways those signals then create in which areas of your brain.
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