Therefore, if we can maintain control of our suffering through our efforts, we can maintain our hope, In reality, we are not scared of pain but we are scared of that image that we made for ourselves and eventually, We turn our pain into long-lasting suffering. “Pain is obvious, Suffering is a choice.”
Raw emotion is an automatic and simple feeling, one that a first-grader could name—anger, sadness, fear, joy. Pain is something we've all felt and all will feel again. It's universal and unavoidable.
This might sound disheartening, but realizing this is a source of strength. Why? Because we always have a choice over how we respond to challenging events, even extremely difficult ones. What's more, it is not the challenge itself, but our reaction to it, that causes most of our suffering.
Pain is both physical and psychological
Neurotransmitters send messages along your spinal cord and up to your brain, saying, “Ouch! That hurts!” Pain, therefore, really is in your head. Or rather, your brain.
Suffering is not a choice. You will experience suffering in life, it's inevitable. HOW MUCH suffering you experience, however, is under your control.
Human experience is vast and varied, but few things exist as a universal experience like suffering. The pains and problems vary from person to person, but we all suffer.
Pain is part of life. It does not have to rule your life. Suffering is not part of life. We do it to ourselves.
Some age-old techniques—including meditation and yoga—as well as newer variations may help reduce your need for pain medication. Research suggests that because pain involves both the mind and the body, mind-body therapies may have the capacity to alleviate pain by changing the way you perceive it.
But unfortunately, just like pain can make you feel worse mentally, your mind can cause pain without a physical source, or make preexisting pain increase or linger. This phenomenon is called psychogenic pain, and it occurs when your pain is related to underlying psychological, emotional, or behavioral factors.
Borderline personality disorder (BPD) has long been believed to be a disorder that produces the most intense emotional pain and distress in those who have this condition. Studies have shown that borderline patients experience chronic and significant emotional suffering and mental agony.
To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering — Friedrich Nietzsche.
We evolved to suffer in certain circumstances (e.g., deprivation of food, water, air, warmth, social rejection, loss of loved ones). Our suffering motivates us to change our behavior, when possible, in ways that enhance our chances of survival.
Depression
It really is the worst feeling, but it's also motivated some great art over the years.
Feelings and emotions are transient—even the darkest and most painful days don't last forever. But when you're in the throes of grief and trauma, it can be hard to imagine that there are better days in your future.
Severe Pain.
When it intensifies to level 8, pain makes even holding a conversation extremely difficult and your physical activity is severely impaired. Pain is said to be at level 9 when it is excruciating, prevents you speaking and may even make you moan or cry out. Level 10 pain is unbearable.
Experiencing depression, mood fluctuations, anxiety, altered perceptions and cognition, and emotional instability, are all commonly associated with chronic pain. This is a result of the perceived stress that impacts the body on a physical and chemical level.
Graded Motor Imagery (GMI) is a technique that can relieve chronic pain. GMI rewires the brain: the goal of GMI is to retrain your brain to have an accurate pain response again.
Congenital insensitivity to pain is a rare disorder, first described in 1932 by Dearborn as Congenital pure analgesia. Congenital insensitivity to pain and anhydrosis (CIPA) is a very rare and extremely dangerous condition. People with CIPA cannot feel pain [1].
The central amygdala houses a pain-suppression circuit that can “turn off” pain. Researchers at Duke University recently identified specific neurons in the central amygdala that appear to "turn off" pain during general anesthesia, even if there is no loss of consciousness.
Suffering is optional.” This quote has been attributed to the Dalai Lama, Haruki Murakami, and M. Kathleen Casey. Identifying the first person to share this wisdom is less important than recognizing the inspirational nugget at the core of this simple mantra. Success in life and in business takes focus and hard work.
This is because the sensation of pain is sometimes believed to be purely physical, and in the past, that was the general consensus of the medical world. However, through research and study, it's now realised that pain is in fact not only physical, but biological, psychological and emotional as well.
To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering.