Social pain is the experience of pain as a result of interpersonal rejection or loss, such as rejection from a social group, bullying, or the loss of a loved one. Research now shows that social pain results from the activation of certain components in physical pain systems. Hurt feelings do resemble physical pain in important regards.
Sometimes we complain about a broken heart, or hurt feelings and other people don't know what you are talking about. They don't know who you feel and cant understand you. People think that when they hear someone say this, they are talking about feelings, not physical pain. Needless to say, when someone tells you that their feelings are hurt, they really have a sort of physical pain. Literally! This happens when there's an increase in cingulate cortex which responds to the emotional aspect of pain
However, by taking pain relievers like Tylenol, you can actually help that pain that you may be going through. Don't exaggerate on the self medicating thing or other things can end up happening to you and your body. Its always best to talk to a doctor just in case because things can always go out of hand and it may become into something more serious.
The next time someone says you've hurt their feelings, just tell them to quit complaining and take a Tylenol! :)
Facts about pain in general :
1. Pain is not just physical. It is emotional too. Chronic pain affects you emotionally just as much as it affects you physically. It is very stressful and that is why you will feel frustration and anger. Pain can lead to a drastic increase in stress level and conversely, a lot of stress can increase the pain.
2. It is a fact that women feel more pain than men. If you compare a woman’s lifestyle to a man’s, you will see the difference. A woman undergoes so much changes and conditions throughout her lifetime such as menstruation, pregnancy, delivery, migraines, etc. Recent studies have also showed that the pain women experience is more intense than that which men experience. Studies were carried out on animals and it was shown that females needed twice the amount of pain relief given to males.
I think it's crazy that we experience social pain as if we were physically hurt. I think it's awesome that we can actually take Tylenol to relieve the pain. Maybe if people knew this we could cut down on some of the teen suicides.
ReplyDeleteyeah i guess, everything now we say and think of as depression. as long as we know that there is help out there, you dont have to go through any pain alone..
ReplyDeleteVery interesting, this topic makes me think about something I learned in another class. The topic of conversation was on studies showing that people that feel bad, do bad things and make bad decisions. Ellie brought up a good question and it seems valid to consider feelings and bad decisions. I think it does warrent for attention to how one's feeling maybe hurt. Texas has a zero tolerence for bullying and yet many people laugh it off and say we are coddling our kids. I support the stop bullying campaign. So my question is, are there negative or unwanted outcomes to protecting feelings? Are we so protective of our children that we may unknowingly be making them less able to stand up for themselves? Or does this foster better communication in our children's generation that we didn't have?
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