Why do people feel pain? Is it just a simple physiological reaction, or is it also related to psychology? Why do some people not feel the pain of the same disease, while others feel the pain is unbearable? Tolerate? Why do some psychological relief treatments also have good effects on relieving pain? These questions are often encountered by people.

Medical and psychological research believes that pain is a very complex physiological and psychological reaction. It is a protective response produced by the body when it suffers trauma or illness. Different people react differently when they experience the same painful stimulus. The strength of this reaction is closely related to psychology.

The influence of concepts

Many people have certain conceptualizations of pain and pain intensity. For example, people who have believed that injections hurt since childhood will be more afraid of injections than other people, and the pain level they feel from injections will also be significantly higher than that of other people. Some people think that falling down and bleeding are not very painful because they do not take falling as a thing in their usual concept. They think it is normal and will get better after a while, so they don't care about it and don't care about it. Severe pain will be felt. These are differences in feelings caused by different views on things.

The influence of attention

Everyone may have had this experience: the more you feel pain and pay attention to it, the more painful it will be. That is to say, the more you focus on the problem of pain, the stronger and more unbearable the pain will be. And if you distract your attention to other things, you will feel that the pain will decrease accordingly and it will not be so unbearable. Therefore, actively adjusting the mental state can play a great role in reducing pain.

Personality factors

Some people have stubborn and strong personalities and have a high tolerance for pain. People with gentle personalities and weak willpower cannot bear the slightest pain and are very sensitive, which is what people usually call "squeamish". The two types of people have very different perceptions and tolerances of pain. The unbearable pain of some people is not even noticeable or will be quickly forgotten in others.

Gender Differences

Normally, men are much more tolerant than women.

Now that we realize that pain is a matter that is closely related to psychology, we can use psychological methods to reduce pain feelings.

Deep breathing method

Taking deep breaths when you are in pain will relieve stress and reduce pain to a certain extent.

Relaxation and pain relief method

Relax tight muscles and relieve psychological tension. Autosuggestion method

Tell yourself that it actually doesn’t hurt at all, it’s just your own thoughts playing tricks, and you can suggest yourself to reduce the feeling of pain.

Diversion pain relief method

Distract your attention as much as possible and shift your attention to other things. This can reduce the pain very well and even make you forget the pain. .

Music Pain Relief

Music has a very good effect on soothing tense nerves. When you are in pain, listening to some of your favorite music can effectively relieve tension and calm yourself. Come down so the pain subsides.

Skin stimulation

Pain can be broken down by stimulating the skin on the opposite side of the painful area.