What good is pain? Is it necessary for life?
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Pain is a motivator for action. It happens when something is not right with our body and our evolution wants us to do something about it
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IDK, in AA when theyāre talking about whether an addict or alcoholic needs to get clean for himself they say,
āWhen the pain of staying the same gets greater than the fear of making a change, then thatās when a person will seek help.ā
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Yes. Pain is part of growing as a person.
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Very wise words @77nick77
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Iād prefer if everyday was a party. Than having to deal with painā¦ saying that Iāve found myself with both and happy with who I am as a person! I have my days! And Iām ok with that!
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No pain, no gain.
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Hurting a child is much different than hitting on an adult. We try to avoid pain to children because they already feel so helpless just because they are only children.
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Bleh. Itās like playing a videogame in God mode. Gets boring fast. The fun is in overcoming the obstacles on your own.
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How do you spell toucheā
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There are people with a very rare genetic mutation who do not feel pain (physical pain, anyway)ā¦they do not tend to make it into adulthood. Pain is necessary for survival.
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Pain is so important in an evolutionary sense. It reinforces behavior that isnāt going to kill you.
Like antibiotics are relatively new in the scheme of human history. You got wounds from cuts and stuff and it could be life threatening back in the day which wasnāt that long ago.
As an evolutionary step pain helps you do things to avoid it which is so beneficial for someone trying to survive. Even emotional pain is something you can learn around to avoid to I would say.
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I kinda donāt believe in pain anymore. I believe in grace over pain any day.
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āPain is weakness leaving the bodyā I heard say once
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To search for something more.
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There have been some very good answers so far. I think Jinx may be going for an even deeper question, though.
The philosopher Voltaire touched on it with with the character āPanglossā in the play "Candideā:
Do we live in the best of all possible worlds?
I think that the answer is no. We do not live in the best of all possible worlds. I think that a theoretical world without severe āpainā is possible. I donāt think that it is possible while respecting the free will and power of sadists, who enjoy pain in others.
I think that I still recall the conclusion of āCandideā in an English translation: After Pangloss again asserts that they live in the best of all possible worlds, despite the pain, Candide says something like: āThat may be, but letās cultivate our garden.ā
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Thatās what the marines say
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I was born with a lot of weakness then.
Ow.
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Strength is a virtue, we are all blessed and cursed in different ways.
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Speaking of which, I have to go visit the MIL this weekend.
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