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Originally Posted by little_tippler
Morbidly, I am also curious what that kind of pain might feel like. If anyone has experienced that kind of 'deep internal tissue' pain, I'd like to hear what you have to say.
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Not quite the same, but I've had serious nerve damage. The best analogy I can come up with is to imagine your nerves are being scraped with a rusty blade that's being lubricated with lemon juice and salt. It's something that I don't think words can really do justice to.
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Also, why do we feel pain? I know why we feel it, to know there is damage to our bodies, because certain chemicals were released, etc. But why is it unpleasant necessarily?
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Because if it wasn't, we wouldn't have so much motivation to try and remedy the problem. Imagine a kid touching a hot radiator. As soon as he touches it, he gets his hand as far from it as he can because it hurts. Now, imagine that it's only mildly unpleasant. That same kid may just leave his hand right where it is and do serious damage. It's a motivator to keep us from being too stupid.
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And from that follows - why do some people have pleasure when they feel pain (e.g. during sex)?
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Pain causes an endorphine release. It's like a rollercoaster. It'll scare the shit out of you, but you do it anyway because it causes a rush.