|
But It Hurts!
(continued)
|
|
Over the years I have come to some understanding about how pain works, why it has two faces (agony or pleasure)
and why the pain slut seeks it out.
This is really not science, just a matter of personal observation and is very subjective, with a little basic
medical knowledge thrown in for seasoning.
For the most part, pain is a mechanical function. There are nerve receptors
in our skin that simply act like switches. Press one and the switch turns
on and starts sending an impulse to the brain saying, "Hey, got something here.". Push
the switch harder and it responds by saying, "Hey, I really have something
here!" Push more than one switch and they all sing out in harmony.
Now
when the brain gets this information it acts kind of like a computer. First
the information is processed by the BIOS (Basic In Out System) to the main
processor. The BIOS part of the brain just tells the rest of it where the impulse
came from and where to send information back to. Simple stuff.
Then the main processor sends that information onto the rest of the brain to
figure out what to do with it. The first thing it does is to run it by all the stored data in it's memory.
Get a match and the processor returns a message
back to the BIOS and tells it what to do.
|
Heat>Strong Danger Likely>Retreat>Move Mouth>say Ouch!
Now the reason why we do this is that pain is used as a means of protecting
the body. How we respond to pain is part mechanical reaction, done without
thought, and reviewing collected data from our memory, done with thought.
The fact is, the latter correlating the impulse we are receiving with
something that is dangerous to us, is really where we experience the pain.
We know pain as something that hurts because we can remember it as such. The
knee jerk reaction to a stimulus just happens without qualifying (experiencing)
pain as being something negative. Humans and higher intelligence animals
experience pain because we have a brain capable of storing data that remembers
past experiences. Insects don't have such brains. A fly will pull away from
something that can injure it because of the mechanics of it's senses and the
reaction of instinct. A fly doesn't think, it just responds. It doesn't feel
pain because it doesn't have a memory that allowed it to store the experience
as something negative to it. Fly's don't get into BDSM because they can't
feel pain!
How we interpret pain and react to it is largely a function of our brain.
If our brain tells us that something we feel is for us, it normally responds
in a positive, affirming way. If the brain interprets the messages it's getting
from the senses as something against us, because, based on it's memory it
was, it will respond negatively. How we respond to the
influences of our environment is dictated by whether our brain interprets it
as for us or against us. In a way, pain is just pain, what differs is
where we are and what we are thinking when we feel it.
More
On The Mechanics Of Pain (Click Here)
Here's an example. If, when we were young, our parents used to spank us, we
probably hurt a lot from the spanking and avoided getting one as much as possible.
Now, if you're an adult and you are turned on by the power exchange represented
in the spanking, and the person giving you the spanking held a very erotic
image, well, you might enjoy the spanking and seek it out. Here's another
example of how this works, but not using pain at all. Let's say you have a
very romantic attraction to someone and they softly touch your hand and tell
you they love you. The experience will be a pleasant one. Now, what if you
just despised someone and they did the same thing? Chances are
you would pull back your hand in disgust and hold back vomiting on them! Same
touch, different reaction. The same as with pain in the dungeon and pain out
on the street. One we see as for us, and the other a danger to us.
But It Hurts! (continued)
Back
|
