It is true
Pain is in your head
On every little formica chair, I saw two big eyes, looking a bit scared as well. I wobbled a bit against the doorframe of the laughing gas, but I had just blurted out the entire treatment room and hallway of the Emergency Room, I was in so much pain. Now I am childless and free of childbirth stories, I wouldn't know about that, but nerve pain is the worst I have ever felt. I fainted, threw up; very lovely all of it.
Pain is in your head, I read now. It tells you that something is not okay in your body, but how much pain you have says nothing about the injury. It has to do with your expectation, emotions, or your mood. That could be true, because when I ended up in the emergency room again, I was almost shaking off the bed, I was so scared of the pain. But it was a breeze, nothing to it. Had I really worried so much about that? I could have just walked in and out cheerfully. Made a few jokes with the handsome interns, but instead, the sweat was streaming off me: fear sweat.
How does it work? Pain is necessary. I find that a somewhat intense statement, but you need pain in nature (not necessarily in that urban jungle where I live). It is a warning that needs to come in extra loud and especially clear to your brain. As a precaution, so you don't do even crazier things and have a better chance of surviving.
How does it work? EOS Theme explains it like this: “A stimulus stimulates nerve cells in the body that are sensitive to pain. Those neurons send the information in the form of electrical signals to the brain. There, brain areas are activated that allow us to perceive the pain.” Ha, see, I really had pain, because there was a nerve pinched after I broke my tailbone, a.k.a. coccyx. And they are talking about nerves here, so one and one is pain.
But pain can also be psychological. I expect the worst pain I have ever felt time and again, but since that day, everything has been manageable. There you have expectation. Do you have an off day? Then there is a chance that you experience pain worse. Your mood. And your environment also plays a big role. If you get your bike stuck in the tram tracks, break a leg, and end up in the hospital, then the pain is worse than if you break a leg in a disaster area but survive it. Emotion.
So, now you know that too. Headache? It's in your head. Broken leg? Also. But just keep complaining, okay, because that happens to be particularly good for you.
