Comments on: Can You Cuss Away Your Pain? Study Says Yes http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/07/13/can-you-cuss-away-your-pain-study-says-yes/ Quirky, funny, and surprising science news from the edge of the known universe. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:04:41 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: How to Grin and Swear It – The Blogs at HowStuffWorks http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/07/13/can-you-cuss-away-your-pain-study-says-yes/comment-page-1/#comment-24616 How to Grin and Swear It – The Blogs at HowStuffWorks Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:39:24 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/07/13/can-you-cuss-away-your-pain-study-says-yes/#comment-24616 [...] *This study first caught my eye on Discover Magazine’s Discoblog. [...] [...] *This study first caught my eye on Discover Magazine’s Discoblog. [...]

]]> By: Albert Bakker http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/07/13/can-you-cuss-away-your-pain-study-says-yes/comment-page-1/#comment-24586 Albert Bakker Wed, 15 Jul 2009 05:18:53 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/07/13/can-you-cuss-away-your-pain-study-says-yes/#comment-24586 If swearing would help to acknowledge pain, evolution would have favoured bigger vocal chords and maybe done away with these inneffective no good nociceptors. Instead of swearing to aid the pain signal so it can stop wasting energy, (which I gather isn't really the first thing on the mind of your average pain receptor) you can drown it just a bit in other biochemistry and dull the pain somewhat momentarily, or you might be able to bear it just a little while longer, like in this test. If swearing would help to acknowledge pain, evolution would have favoured bigger vocal chords and maybe done away with these inneffective no good nociceptors.

Instead of swearing to aid the pain signal so it can stop wasting energy, (which I gather isn’t really the first thing on the mind of your average pain receptor) you can drown it just a bit in other biochemistry and dull the pain somewhat momentarily, or you might be able to bear it just a little while longer, like in this test.

]]> By: Ptericles http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/07/13/can-you-cuss-away-your-pain-study-says-yes/comment-page-1/#comment-24581 Ptericles Tue, 14 Jul 2009 23:34:29 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/07/13/can-you-cuss-away-your-pain-study-says-yes/#comment-24581 Seems to me like swearing helps by acknowledging the pain thereby reducing it. Pain is a message from part of us saying there's a problem. Once the message gets across, pain is no longer worth the energy and subsides. The problem with people nearby is swear words bring up ideas of various pains in general, not just the immediate pain of the person in the moment. Swearing seems to cause unneeded stress on innocent bystanders who don't have any pain to acknowledge. Seems to me like swearing helps by acknowledging the pain thereby reducing it. Pain is a message from part of us saying there’s a problem. Once the message gets across, pain is no longer worth the energy and subsides. The problem with people nearby is swear words bring up ideas of various pains in general, not just the immediate pain of the person in the moment. Swearing seems to cause unneeded stress on innocent bystanders who don’t have any pain to acknowledge.

]]> By: erbey http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/07/13/can-you-cuss-away-your-pain-study-says-yes/comment-page-1/#comment-24547 erbey Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:29:42 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/07/13/can-you-cuss-away-your-pain-study-says-yes/#comment-24547 it may not be the swearing but more that it takes your mind off the pain maby get them to concentrate on something as a 3rd test it may not be the swearing but more that it takes your mind off the pain maby get them to concentrate on something as a 3rd test

]]> By: Bill White http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/07/13/can-you-cuss-away-your-pain-study-says-yes/comment-page-1/#comment-24543 Bill White Tue, 14 Jul 2009 08:51:51 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/07/13/can-you-cuss-away-your-pain-study-says-yes/#comment-24543 My Grandmother would NEVER approve! BillWhite36 My Grandmother would NEVER approve!
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]]> By: Albert Bakker http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/07/13/can-you-cuss-away-your-pain-study-says-yes/comment-page-1/#comment-24512 Albert Bakker Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:58:50 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/07/13/can-you-cuss-away-your-pain-study-says-yes/#comment-24512 I think I like the results too much for a critical thought as I quite often urge my hypothalamus to signal the release of adrenaline and cortisol to my great statisfaction. I think I like the results too much for a critical thought as I quite often urge my hypothalamus to signal the release of adrenaline and cortisol to my great statisfaction.

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