I spain caused by pleasure?

Question

I've lived about 28 yrs total ...yeah im a cool guy and an all around nice guy but from time to time im that guy that steers at the stars and wants to know whats out there. So ive got this question that ive found out throu by life experience...i;ve came to this conclusin that pain is caused by pleasure. No i didnt come up with it at a bottle of wine; rather overtime. And i wondered if you guys agree with me cuz ive came up with this thing after realy big introspective and i wanted to share this with you guys. You'll reply

Answer 1

You're in touch with some profound wisdom, pal.

Pain and pleasure are two sides of the same coin. Pleasure arises when we satisfy a desire, and every pleasure leads to pain, either when we lose it or when we get fed up with it. Say you get pleasure from hearing Mozart's 20th piano concerto. But what happens if you hear it again and again round and round for a week?

Pleasure creates attachment to the pleasuring experience/person/thing and attachment inevitably leads to loss, which is painful.

Eastern spiritual teachings (Hindu, Buddhist) have always known this.

Answer 2

I have no idea how you could have come to this conclusion, but I'd be interested to know anyway. Pain is registered in a certain area of the brain called the periaqueductal gray, completely separate from the areas associated with pleasure in the limbic system. Pleasure is a result of the neurotransmitter dopamine, which is also linked with movement. Dopamine is what gives cocaine users their pleasure - it gets built up in the synapses when cocaine is used and maintains the high.

Answer 3

Your entitled to your opinion. But might pain be the absence of pleasure? Or maybe they are on the same spectrum, but at far ends, like the colors of a rainbow going from hot to cold.

Answer 4

No.

Hitting my thumb with the hammer involved no pleasure at all, not even driving the nails which went in right!

Please elaborate on why you think so.