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Oh, The Pain Of It All
During the course of the past four years I have had the opportunity to think about the difference between physical pain and emotional pain. Both are painful but I began to wonder which is the most painful? Let me share some thoughts with you which might give you some insights into your own pain.
I am taking physical pain first since it is the easiest to deal with. The Brain does not like any type of physical pain and will do its best to get rid of it as fast as possible. Did you ever try to walk on a broken leg? Kind of difficult and painful but if you lay down the pain lessens. So, the Brain is saying don't walk on a broken leg.
As soon as there is an injury by accident or disease, the Brain goes to work with the healing process. It continues that process until healing is completed or it can do no more. In addition Neurophysiologists have done a great job in recent years in locating the pain centers within the brain and developing medicines and treatments to manage or reduce the pain. There is a whole branch of medicine dealing with pain, they are MD's and are called Physiatrists. The only problems with some of these treatments are the side effects such as allergic reactions, addiction, inter-actions with other drugs, drowsiness and lethargy and the patient's cooperation to stay with the treatments. No I haven't forgotten about acupuncture and hypnosis. Some, in the healing arts believe in it and some don't. The most important aspect of physical pain is once it is gone it cannot be remembered. Oh sure one can remember that they had pain but they can not remember the intensity or replicate the pain. Once physical pain is gone, it is gone until the next time. Mom Nature did a great job in this regard. We recover and go on.
