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Pain is generated by the brain, not just by injured tissue

Pain is generated by the brain, not just by injured tissue
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Pain is generated by the brain, not just by injured tissue

Shahzad Mahota Published By Shahzad Mahota @shahzad-mahota

Pain is generated by the brain, not just by injured tissue

Nociceptors send danger signals, but the experience of pain is constructed in the brain from context, expectation, emotion, and past learning.

That is why placebo, distraction, and fear can amplify or dampen the same injury’s sting.

Hurt is interpretation plus signal. Treating pain often means treating the whole predictive system, not only the bruise.
Human Body Brain & Mind Senses
Shahzad Mahota Shahzad Mahota @shahzad-mahota

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Pain is generated by the brain, not just by injured tissue