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-as of [28 APRIL 2024]–
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*”pain” is a ‘distressing feeling’ often caused by ‘intense’/’damaging’ stimuli, such as…*
‘stubbing a toe!’
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‘burning a finger!’
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*putting ‘alcohol’ on a ‘cut’!*
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*bumping the “funny bone”!*
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🤣🤭🤣
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(because it is a complex/subjective phenomenon, defining ‘pain’ has been a challenge)
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(the International Association for the Study of Pain’s widely used definition states:
“‘pain’ is an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage, or described in terms of such damage”‘
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(in ‘medical diagnosis’, ‘pain’ is regarded as a ‘symptom’ of an underlying condition)
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(as in “does this hurt?”)
(because of ambiguous definition of pain, sometimes i don’t know how to truthfully respond to this doctor’s question)
(if ‘pain’ is minimal then i don’t want to have him investigate me further)
(the patient should never have to answer if something is “painful”)
(there should be brain technology used to
(does pain take place at point of contact?)
(or does pain get zapped to point of contact from the brain?)
(‘pain’ motivates the individual to withdraw from damaging situations, to protect a damaged body part while it heals, and to avoid similar experiences in the future)
(most pain resolves once the noxious stimulus is removed and the body has healed, but it may persist despite removal of the stimulus and apparent healing of the body)
(sometimes ‘pain’ arises in the absence of any detectable stimulus, damage or disease)
(psychosomatic)
(‘pain’ is the most common reason for ‘physician consultation’ in most ‘developed countries’)
(it is a major symptom in many medical conditions, and can interfere with a person’s ‘quality of life’ and general functioning)
(simple ‘pain medications’ are useful in 20% to 70% of cases)
(psychological factors such as ‘social support’, ‘hypnotic suggestion’, ‘excitement’, or ‘distraction’ can significantly affect pain’s intensity or unpleasantness)
(in some arguments put forth in ‘physician-assisted suicide’ or ‘euthanasia’ debates, ‘pain’ has been used as an argument to permit people who are ‘terminally ill’ to end their lives)
(one judgment on the “value” of ‘pain’ is given by german philosopher, ‘friedrich nietzsche’, who wrote…)
“only great pain is the ultimate liberator of the spirit….i doubt that such pain makes us ‘better’; but I know that it makes us more profound”
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(‘nietzsche’ (+ philosophers influenced by him) thus oppose the entirely negative valuation of ‘pain’, instead holding that ‘what does not destroy me, makes me stronger”)
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*👨🔬🕵️♀️🙇♀️*SKETCHES*🙇♂️👩🔬🕵️♂️*
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*🌈✨ *TABLE OF CONTENTS* ✨🌷*
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🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥*we won the war* 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥