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Got into an argument with some of my friends today. One says pain is an emotion while my friend an I say it's a physical response. What do you guys think?
I do believe you just refuted your own point there, Midnight Beat. Any mental response to something would be considered an emotion and therefore pain can, indeed, be an emotion.Midnight Beat; said:Pain is a physical or mental response to a threatening or unfriendly situation.
Maybe I typed that incorrectly. What I meant was.....UGH, I don't know how to explain what I meant. You're probably right. >>I do believe you just refuted your own point there, Midnight Beat. Any mental response to something would be considered an emotion and therefore pain can, indeed, be an emotion.
I do believe you just refuted your own point there, Midnight Beat. Any mental response to something would be considered an emotion and therefore pain can, indeed, be an emotion.
You see, English is a confusing language.
We often use the same words interchangeably that really shouldn't be so. By definition, pain is a sensory response to a stimulus, heat or a prick to the skin for example. However, we have grown to make the feelings we have inside such as depression, empathy, guilt, and the like synonymous with the sensation we feel after responding to a physical stimulus.
Pain can be an emotion if looked at in the correct manner. If nothing else but a substitute for a feeling the beholder does not know how to accurately describe in words.
I simply stated that by modern English standards the two can sometimes be one and the same. However, you must also consider the fact that an emotion can be a response. If you were told that a relative of yours died, you might feel sad. That's a response to a stimulus.
Stimulus: Derogatory remark.
Response: Feeling the emotion of sadness.
(Which could also be described, at least in laymen terms, as pain.)
This thread should be locked, since there is no discussion,just people unanimously agreeing, pain is not an emotion, it is a stimuliMental anguish is manifested as physical discomfort, therefore I don't think pain can be an emotion. It is the body's response to stress or the like: the body basically goes into the "fight or flight" mode, thanks to your mental state, and is harmed if this lasts for a long time. It can also cause chemical imbalances and other things, which also have the ability to feel bad.
So mental state effects body, body feels sensation of pain depending on what that effect is.