Why is it when you stub your toe (or something similar), your body takes a moment to realise that it is in pain?

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Why is it when you stub your toe (or something similar), your body takes a moment to realise that it is in pain?

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Touch and pain don’t travel at the the same speed. You feel that something just fell on your toe but it doesn’t register in your brain as pain until a micro-nano second later. It’s still really, really close…but plenty of time to get out a good MOTHERFUCKER!!!!!

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