Pain is not easily explained or understood. We only have our own subjective experiences to draw from. Is it possible for one to truly understand another person’s pain? It might be about as easy as understanding human consciousness. Pain is so weird. Sometimes a stupid amount of pain can be caused by something so small and innocuous, like a paper cut. Other times we can have a severed finger and hardly feel a thing. What’s up with that? I’ll give you a hint. We still don’t kno

Pain is a survival mechanism. It exists as a threat detection system motivating us to do something. What happens when you put your hand on a hot stove? You pull that hand back, protect the painful body part and move out of harm’s way. Or what about acute appendicitis? Man, that is painful and for good reason. That situation is serious. If not taken care of death can ensue. Without the ability to feel pain we would be unable to detect what is harmful to us. How long do you thi