True or False: Pain is all perception.?

Explain your reasoning please.True or False: Pain is all perception.?
Lets break it down.


Perception refers to all senses, and conscious conceptualization.


Pain exists both in the senses and in the mind.


Psychological pain can be very different and separate from the physical, though it usually results from traumatic experience involving pain.


I can think of no instance where pain falls outside of perception.


Therefor I say TRUE.


Now I think you are looking for truth in the idea that you can control pain. I have first hand experience with having mental power over both physical pain and illness. Pain is just a signal to inform you that you shouldn't be doing that. It serves no purpose to the functionality of your body's operation, and so can be turned off, like a warning alarm. Your body can produce a chemical into the nerve synapse that ';fills'; the pain receptor just like aspirin does. You just have to learn how to use these tools.


If the pain is severe because of a major injury, then this will require a lot more energy to maintain a necessary mindset.


If you do not produce enough energy by decreased diet and activity, then it will become increasingly difficult to control pain.





On another note. If you think of emotional pain caused by jealousy, or deceit... well then this too can be a matter of perception because to be jealous you must think someone belonged to you prior to being ';taken.'; Too feel hurt by someone else's actions can also be resolved by a simple change of perception. This is what forgiveness is all about.


Each situation is unique though and would need to be addressed accordingly.True or False: Pain is all perception.?
True. Pain is perceived just like feeling pleasant is perceived. The part that varies is how to what the degree of pain is. Some people react incredibly outrageous to say a beesting. Their perception of pain is high. To others when they get stung they say ';ouch, or sh**'; not as bad in this case. Their perception of pain is mild.
no, the reason different people feel pain at different levels is because some have a higher or lower pain tolerance. for example my husband has a high pain tolerance so he thinks everyone should. but my son and i have a low pain tolerance and everything hurts us more. it's just the way we are.
true. well said by michele!
FALSE. I have been in a horrible accident. and trust me i tried using the idea that it was all in my head and i can control the pain. But no, sometimes pain is to much.
False. Pain is very real. When I bring my granddaughter to the doctor, she cried when he stuck her with a needle. She is 1 year old, she didn't look at the needle, she didn't know what had happen to her but she certainly can feel the needle penetrated her skin.
True.





Without perception, there is no pain. Without the ability to feel (perceive in a bodily sense), you cannot comprehend or experience pain.
True, but with a qualification.





It isn't perception - it's REception. The receptors are what pick up pain and allow us to react and avoid it.





In terms of perception, yes - that is part of it but not the whole story. There can be a bit of mind over matter. You can distract people from feeling the pain as strongly (or while pain meds kick in) by watching a movie together or talking, but again - the pain is still there.





If you want to learn more on this topic, ask people what giving birth was like. I had a doctor who told me to think of it as pressure. What a nut! It wasn't pressure! It was pain!!!





But everyone has a different ';labor'; story and it can shed a lot of light on this topic.
FALSE -- Physical pain is real and not subject to denial.





TRUE -- Hypnosis (for example) can help one mask the physiologic sensation of pain for a time, which is why it's so useful in dentistry and pain management.





So pain is partially perception, and partially really real. And therefore the answer to your question is both true and false.





(And you have now discovered the problem with Antithetical reasoning, the ';either/or'; problem) Nice going...
true and false...





yes there is s such thing as mind over matter... but that ';mind over matter'; is not controlled by you telling yourself that the pain is all in your head...





the neurons and synapses in you body/brain either send a message to your spinal cord/brain telling you to feel the pain or to not feel the pain... there is no way for you to tell yourself to forget the pain... your BODY decides when it is in too much pain and acts accordingly... usually meaning... at the time of the accident or injury... you will not feel AS MUCH pain.. you will obviously still have pain... but your nervous system will make it more easy for you to handle...