So reflexive self-grabbing helps pain, but why do I always want to stab my spinal cord when it hurts.https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-soothing-touch/ …
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Swearing works too. https://journals.lww.com/neuroreport/Fulltext/2009/08050/Swearing_as_a_response_to_pain.4.aspx …
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Amazing! And also this will be handy for me if I decide to become a rat https://journals.lww.com/neuroreport/Pages/articleviewer.aspx?year=2018&issue=02010&article=00006&type=Abstract …
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Gender differences too. "Although both sexes experienced a reduction in perceived pain in the swearing condition, females did so to a greater extent......swearing did not increase pain tolerance in males with a tendency to catastrophise."
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I did enjoy that bit, as I’d been thinking about swearing and labour before that....
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Might have to swear an awful lot to stop my back hurting
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Sadly, it seems like the effect wears off if you do it a lot.. https://www.jpain.org/article/S1526-5900%2811%2900762-0/abstract …
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