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Not feeling pain can have some really disabiliting effect on one's life. A rather famous player in the Counter-Strike community suffers from a rare genetic dise
by fbnlsr 8y ago
Not feeling pain can have some really disabiliting effect on one's life. A rather famous player in the Counter-Strike community suffers from a rare genetic disease that make him feel much less pain than normal. He started to scratch his nose out of habit when he was a kid, and eventually it came off over the course of years of scratching. His name is lo0p__ : https://www.twitch.tv/lo0p__ https://www.twitch.tv/lo0p__
Edit: You can see him explain the effects of not feeling pain in this video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XalQkahQbpE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XalQkahQbpE
- patates 8y agoI mean pain is, well, pain to deal with but we (and many other animals) evolved it for a reason.
- elbrian 8y agoHere's an AMA he did, if anyone is interested in reading more about him specifically: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/4xmbu9/iama_16_year_old_who_doesnt_feel_pain_ama/ https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/4xmbu9/iama_16_year_o...
- hanniabu 8y agoWhoa, that's gnarly. I'm curious how someone like this would be able to perform in physically demanding activities such as weight lifting or something like track. I wonder if they'd be able to push their bodies past normal limits because of (possibly) not feeling muscle fatigue.