I know I'm a little late in replying, but you're taking the term pain overly literally. My point was that you can frame anything in terms of pain. For example

I know I'm a little late in replying, but you're taking the term pain overly literally. My point was that you can frame anything in terms of pain. For example if you're playing a game to learn, you can view that as trying to escape the pain of ignorance. There's nothing morose about it.