> > > > But I think that only goes for physical pain. Emotional, spiritual pain I can remember the exact feeling of it in such excruciating detail that its like bringing back the situation all over again.
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> > The interesting counter to that is when you're in pain, try to imagine what it's like to not be in it. Right now I've had an ingrown toenail for months (I really should see a doctor -- my usual strategy of letting it go away isn't working), and I've been trying desperately to remember what it's like to not have one. Well, I can do that right now because it's not hurting. But the instant I hit it on something, the thought becomes impossible. Interestingly enough, all the other toes feel fine -- but I still can't transfer that feeling to my mind to imagine what it would feel like to not be feeling pain. Am I making any sense?
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> > Stephen
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> Perfect sense. It's impossible for us to remember feelings; we can remember whether we liked that feeling or not, but not the actual feeling itself.
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> mi "overanalysis is the" key

If humans could actually use that huge percentage of their untapped mind, I'm sure the ability to control pain in just such a manner would be possible. You'd simply "remember" the pain away. I've sometimes thought that such a method would be really great on an excruciatingly hot day. Your sitting there, melting into your lawn chair, lamenting the failure of your cold drink to pacify, feeling the weight of the air over your entire body. Then, simply remember exactly what it's like to be cold, and in doing so, your body believes that it is cold, thereby cooling you off and becoming the envy of all your friends! Tres cool! (get it...'cool')

Jeff