For example, I cut my arm and I immediately feel pain. Pain is there to notify me that something is wrong or that I’m injured, but now that I’m aware and that I’ve taken care of it (say poured some disinfecant and wrapped it up) why do I still feel that pain. Why can’t our brain know that the wound is not dangerous anymore?
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No pain is not to tell you that you are harmed, pain is to keep you from using and protecting the part that is hurt. It is the body’s way to force you to stop using that body part, so it can get time to heal.
Because our nerves that first detected the injury, still feel the wound is not healed, so they continue to send the message up the spinal cord.
No pain is not to tell you that you are harmed, pain is to keep you from using and protecting the part that is hurt. It is the body’s way to force you to stop using that body part, so it can get time to heal.
No pain is not to tell you that you are harmed, pain is to keep you from using and protecting the part that is hurt. It is the body’s way to force you to stop using that body part, so it can get time to heal.
I broke my right pinky knuckle while hiking (tripped. Silly, but it happens)
I was 2 miles from the truck over challenging terrain. Once I realized it was broken, I let it dangle and trudged back to the truck. It hurt, but how I felt about the hurt had a lot more to do with the pain than the actual sensation.
I look at it like this: pain tells me something is wrong. As long as I listen, the pain doesn’t get louder. After a bit, it becomes background noise. Especially if you have something to focus on like exiting the wilderness to find medical care
Because our nerves that first detected the injury, still feel the wound is not healed, so they continue to send the message up the spinal cord.
Because you damage is still not healed. If it didn’t hurt then you’d go back to using it at normal strength and you could make it worse before it has the opportunity to heal.
Natural selection doesn’t care about your comfort as long as you survive long enough to make babies
I broke my right pinky knuckle while hiking (tripped. Silly, but it happens)
I was 2 miles from the truck over challenging terrain. Once I realized it was broken, I let it dangle and trudged back to the truck. It hurt, but how I felt about the hurt had a lot more to do with the pain than the actual sensation.
I look at it like this: pain tells me something is wrong. As long as I listen, the pain doesn’t get louder. After a bit, it becomes background noise. Especially if you have something to focus on like exiting the wilderness to find medical care
Because our nerves that first detected the injury, still feel the wound is not healed, so they continue to send the message up the spinal cord.
I broke my right pinky knuckle while hiking (tripped. Silly, but it happens)
I was 2 miles from the truck over challenging terrain. Once I realized it was broken, I let it dangle and trudged back to the truck. It hurt, but how I felt about the hurt had a lot more to do with the pain than the actual sensation.
I look at it like this: pain tells me something is wrong. As long as I listen, the pain doesn’t get louder. After a bit, it becomes background noise. Especially if you have something to focus on like exiting the wilderness to find medical care
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