I havta resist all this............

its givin me a head ache!!!!!!

Is that my brain resisting thought?????

Possibly

If that were true, then what that means is that people could avoid emotional pain if they could practice complete emotional detachment.

Just block your heart and don't give a crap about anyone or anything.

(That could be why we are seeing so many psychopaths emerging in our society.)

I would rather take my chances with real love. I can deal with my own propensity to feel pain. When its over its just over. Accept it as quickly as possible and move on with your life.

But I would never blame love (or attachment) for my own pain which is a resistance to what is, and I would never give up feeling love and attachment for people to avoid feeling fear or pain.

The price is too high. It would be the price of a life without feeling love or compassion for others.

Lets consider blaming the brain for all pain.

If we disconnect the pain centers in our brains, we would feel no physical pain.

If we stopped feeling love and attachment and were emotionless psychopaths then we would feel no emotional pain.

Imagine what kind of world that would be.

Example:

A psychopathic person threatens to torture a person for whatever reason or for information. The person, also a psychopath and having his pain center disconnected would say:

Go ahead I don't give a rat's butt.

Pain is the most common symptom of injury and disease, and descriptions can range in intensity from a mere ache to unbearable agony. Nociceptors have the ability to convey information to the brain that indicates the location, nature, and intensity of the pain. For example, stepping on a nail sends an information-packed message to the brain: the foot has experienced a puncture wound that hurts a lot.

I didn't say anyone should practice such detachment. I simply answered your question as to what causes pain.

WUX,

Can psychopaths feel pleasure? Physical pleasure.

Because there has to be at least some driving principle to survive.

Hunger and thirst are painful. A psychopath would not need food to alleviate his pain of hunger; he would starve to death.

The only thing to save him from this horrible death is if he finds food to cause him pleasrue when he eats food.

The pleasure of food on one hand the beating of hunger, on the other hand the exciting of the taste buds.

So the psychopath may want to eat to feel taste, but he can do that many other way than eating food. For instance, he could chew tasty chewing gum, or eat strawberry-flavoured edible panties. Maybe eat edible oil products or Big Macs, which have zero nutrient value.

Epicurus holds that most pain is caused by delusions

Pain and loss are a normal and healthy part of being a human. I would not want to live a life free of pain because that would mean I had had nothing that brought me joy and happiness.

As with all things in life it comes down to balance. A time to dance and a time to mourn...

It's all a part of life.

JB, I think what you are saying is that, yes, there is a time to mourn, but don't get stuck there. That's where the imbalance comes in. Deep depression or anxiety can set in and that is never a good thing. Accepting the ups and downs of life is necessary to truly live.

I'm sorry if that's not what you meant. But, that's what I got out of it.

Yes that is what I meant.

I have been exploring the subject after having read a philosophy that stated that all pain is the result of resistance.

My father died on my birthday and we buried him yesterday. His death was a relief from seeing him in such a deteriorating condition and knowing he was in pain. I have cared for him for many years. I feel less pain in his passing than I did in his lingering.