• onslaught545@lemmy.zip
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    9 days ago

    It really is true that our response to pain is in part a learned response. If your parents overreacted to your minor injuries, you’ll learn that’s how you’re supposed to respond to minor injuries.

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        9 days ago

        it’s always the abuse.

        my wife was neglected as a child and always told to “walk it off”.

        our first child, she didn’t have any pain mitigation. the nurses were horrified but morbidly curious.

        when she says it hurts I believe it would incapacitate a normal person.

        personally, I have worked on mind-over-matter pain mitigation (I fell asleep during a root canal) but hers takes it to a whole new level.