Why can’t we control our urges to scream/squeak or hold our breath when in intense pain, no matter how hard we try? (If we try everything we can to hold back our screams, there’d still be groaning sounds.)
In: Biology
Sorry, who is we? Perhaps, if there is a higher chance of survival or at least less harm, if one does not scream, then it is possible to have extreme levels of self control and not betray your pain? The mind has defense mechanisms such as disassociation, when someone is enduring something beyond what the human mind or body should be able to reasonably handle, you go elsewhere and disconnect from the pain. I was personally tortured for 13 hours and felt pain only after I was rescued and at the hospital. Many military members are trained how to survive torture without breaking and giving in, should they become a prisoner of an enemy seeking information.
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