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You managed to teach yourself to dissociate nociception from suffering. When one experiences pain, many parts of their brains light up, including the somato-se
by pygy_ 8y ago
You managed to teach yourself to dissociate nociception from suffering.
When one experiences pain, many parts of their brains light up, including the somato-sensory cortex, part of the insula (which is pain-specific) and emotion/identity-related areas in the cingular cortex. You managed to prevent the painful signals from activating the emotion/identity parts of your brain.
That is usually done through meditation/hypnosis, and it is an important part of pain management, but I don't know if it is commonly recommended in clinical settings.