physical pain or mental pain

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i got the idea from a great guy on here

so what hurts the most for you guys?

when my arm was hanging off for 4 days or so i never felt depressed, cause all of my mind was concentrating on the physical pain, it was agony, but im not sure if its worse or better than mental pain
 
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AimeeSP

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Literally hanging off? :eek: damn that's crazy!

Hmmm i think for me mental pain going on my experience!
 
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Emily_G

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Long term physical pain can cause depression. At least it does for me. But I'd still take it over mental pain...once the physical pain is gone I feel okay again.
 
mrb

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mental lol i can take physical pain , funny as it may seem , but that kind of pain i deal with very well ;) but mental pain its the worst , like my kids moving so far away , and dealing with my sa with me moving to another contry , with my gf inviting the intire planet around for tea :rolleyes: yea give me physical pain , i dont mind that pain , its only physical pain your body will deal with it ...... and mine has many times ...... but i always get up lol ;)
 
Hellhound

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I don't think I would stand too much physical pain for too long, I'm not sure if I would prefer it... but I do admit that sometimes I cause it on purpose in order to "kill" the mental pain at least for a little while.
 
206Raider

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Physical pain is easy to handle compared to the mental pain, there is no window to escape a mental drought
 
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Silvox Black

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Mental pain can and always will outmatch anything physical pain has to offer. For while physical pain may have a cure, mental scars will always remain. Mental anguish always follows, waiting in the shadows for a chance to feed off ones misery and despair.
 
agoraphobickatie

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i think i have a fairly high pain tolerance in both senses, physical and mental... like people complaining about how bad their tattoo hurt, i just remember feeling relaxed while getting my tattoos, lol... the one on my upper back was great, i just laid there on my stomach and listened to the buzzing noise, haha

anyway.. i guess it depends on what you mean by "hurt".. mental struggle sucks more to me because it's obviously hard for most of us to change the thoughts that are in our head, which i guess is why we stay in this predicament, haha.. it's a pain in the ass because as much as i go through the motions and rationalize my thoughts, it's just really difficult to put that to work and change the way you handle/cope with things..

if i could have some kind of surgery that would fix the mental crap in my head, i'd deal with the physical pain to be able to go out and drive my car by myself again, haha :)
 
Lorraine Manca

Lorraine Manca

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i think thats why so many people cut on themselves, because most physical pain is better than mental pain. id rather have depression than get hit by a semi though
 
Noca

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Acute physical pain overrides emotional pain but chronic physical pain is overshadowed by depression. Depression is the worst IMO, but I have both depression and chronic physical pain. The pain is caused by a bone disease as well as possibly depression. Depression causes pain and pain causes depression. Almost all my illnesses cause/exacerbate each other.
 
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Emily_G

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Noca said:
You are in chronic pain?
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No, I guess what I put was a little confusing. I found out I was pregnant in October and became so nausous to the point where I couldn't leave my bed/couch for 4 months. I became so depressed because I truely thought it would last the whole 9 months and I was so miserable I couldn't stand it. I told hubby no more kids, haha. But it went away for the most part, now I'm happy again :)
 
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I was thinking about this.,. cuz when I was sick.. I didn't have any thoughts, SA related.. and it felt kinda good.. but still.. pain is pain.. and as they said long pain leads to depression, so either way ur screwed :p
 
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