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You don't need to go to war and study soldiers to observe this very human phenomenon. You just have to be around young children for a short while. Kids will ru
by bregma 6y ago
You don't need to go to war and study soldiers to observe this very human phenomenon. You just have to be around young children for a short while.
Kids will run and tumble and bonk their heads and get up laughing. Then they'll catch their finger and look at it: if it looks fine, they carry on but of they see a drop of blood, suddenly they're in mortal pain and the end times are nigh as they scream in agony.
I don't think people grow out of that. The stakes just change as they get older.
- Someone 6y agoGood example, but I think the military example better shows how enormous the mental aspect is. For kids, one could argue that they still have to learn what pain is, just as they have to learn what it is to be physically tired (go on a walk with them until they say they’re too tired to make another step. At that moment, point out there’s an ice cream vendor or a playground a kilometer away, and be amazed). Kids sometimes also (consciously or unconsciously) play the tired/injured card just to get attention (that probably applies to some grown ups, too)