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I'm doubtful its really quite as simple as that. This is really only an anecdote, but a pattern I've noticed while leading mountain climbing trips is that feeli
by frenchy 10y ago
I'm doubtful its really quite as simple as that. This is really only an anecdote, but a pattern I've noticed while leading mountain climbing trips is that feeling good [1] is strongly connected with people's ability to feel safe, ignore their own aches and pains, take risks, and look out for the welfare of the team; while feeling bad is strongly connected with fatigue, risk-aversion, and an inability to think about anything beyond your own immediate needs.
I'm not sure about any particular cause and effect here, but my experience suggests to me that there is a strong psychological effect here[2] where feeling good or bad has significant effect on the perception of your own well-being.
[1] I don't want to use the term happiness as it is too vague.
[2] Which may be physiological too, like low glucose levels leading to an altered psychological state.
- agumonkey 10y agoI also made this theory that for an adult, pain is unnecessary and a sign of instability; while for a kid it's a sign of new information and learning stimulus. A lot of time kids will be a lot more oblivious to short and medium pain than an adult (of course, too high and they cry). The gist of it is that we process nociception differently depending on mood, age, perspective. Similarly an unknown source of pain develop and increase over time, while if it's for a known and potentially positive future benefit it will just stay tagged as a temporary information.