If you were in pain, is it possible that you would be short with another human being? Is it possible that extreme pain causes enough confusion in your life that you cannot act as kind with another human being? Do you choose your pains? Is this free choice at work when you have to have extreme pain and try to act honkey dorey?
2006-11-22 13:41:25 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Well, I have rheumatoid arthritis, so I know a thing or two about extreme pain. Before being diagnosed I went to the emergency room more than once because I was certain I'd broken my wrist and I wanted x-rays. For a while I couldn't tie my shoes. Fortunately I was living with my parents and my mom could help me with that.
Being in physical pain doesn't cause confusion in my life, so much as the desire to be home and alone or with my honey if I'm in pain. Having to deal with people who may want me to walk faster than I'm able and roll their eyes if I have to stop frequently because my knees or ankles hurt is really more than I can deal with when my RA is flaring. More frequently I'm not the one who acts unkind, it's the people around me. Since I'm young, they assume that I'm healthy. I shudder to think of how I might be treated if I end up with a handicapped sticker for my car before I get gray hair.
I have no idea what you mean by do I choose my pain. I certainly didn't choose this. Doctors are still trying to figure out what causes some people to develop RA when others don't, but they're certain there's a genetic link and that RA sufferers have an initial trigger that starts the disease. My great-grandmother and my uncle, both on my mother's side, had RA so I'm genetically predisposed to it, if that's what you mean by do I "choose" my pain.
I don't try to act honkey dorey when I'm in extreme pain. Everyone who knows and loves me is aware of my disease and acts accordingly. If I tell them something hurts or I'm really fatigued, they're extremely supportive and helpful, so I'm lost at what you mean by "is this free choice at work when you have to have extreme pain".
Bright blessings!
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2006-11-22 15:17:48 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Q1 Yes, dependent on the severity of the pain, it can interfere with your ability to act more clearly wiht better choices.
Q2 Yes, when patients start to get better, they are more irritable and short with others.
Q3 Yes, it will affect interactions especially as the person becomes discouraged and defeated.
Q4 Excellent questions, some would say you do . . . especially if you have pyschosomatic pain.
Q5 IMHO, free choice is working when you go find the source of the pain and get it corrected. Acting to cover the pain (distraction & refocusing) only works for some pains and not all.
2006-11-22 13:48:13 · answer #2 · answered by whozethere 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, it's nothing to do with whether or not the fetus experiences pain or has developed lungs (viability). Conception is the only beginning of a human and any time after is wrong because at that point it takes a life. You could anesthetize someone then kill them and that still wouldn't be moral. Painlessness does not justify killing human life.
2016-03-29 06:11:18 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tolerance is the issue here. Women generally have a higher tolerance for pain. That is why they get pregnant and men don't. Guy's are wimps for the most part. Yes, I believe pain can alter decision making, sometimes for the worst. If you've ever had a migraine then you know what I mean. I don't hink you can choose your pains, but you can choose how to react to them.
2006-11-22 13:48:36 · answer #4 · answered by X_YELLOWJACKET_X 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
If you have ever had extreme pain you would know how distracting it can be. It consumes you and yes, you would be irritable toward others. Not sure I know what you mean by choosing your pains? I do not think pain is enjoyable and I try to avoid it.
2006-11-22 13:46:09 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Of course, it is terrible to be in pain. people are usually cocky about it until they feel it themselves. some will never. Just the other day I was listening to some preacher giving advice to someone in pain about how he should "help" others and make the most of it and all, I just thought , give me a break. Sometimes just to survive takes effort. It's obvious the preacher hadn't experienced much pain in his life.
2006-11-22 13:45:49 · answer #6 · answered by Annmaree 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
if there is pain in your life it is possible for you to act in a way you normally would not then you later regret it. you can be mean to people and take things out on people when it's not there fault. you cant choose the things that hurt you but you can control your reactions to them. when your at work it is very difficult to be pleasant to someone who has been mean or rude to you. but with a little self confidence and maturity you can learn to blow people off, cuz they arent happy in life anyway.
2006-11-22 13:50:52 · answer #7 · answered by China 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Um well I know that when I am in pain, my mood changes which would alter any decisions that I make. If I am in extreme pain, I can't think. So in my expirence I say it is absolutly true, it does interfere.
2006-11-22 13:45:07 · answer #8 · answered by Tricksta-Vic 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Real Pain is a terrible thing. It can affect our emotions and thinking. It could make us say and do things that we would normally never do. Like be unkind for no reason.
2006-11-22 15:16:27 · answer #9 · answered by Lynn 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pain exists so we can avoid potentially debilitating situations--what causes you pain can't possibly be healthy--especially when taken alone.
2006-11-22 13:47:19 · answer #10 · answered by quidproquo 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋