Physical Pain VS Emotional Pain

[ABMorales787]

Neither one is pleasant. Let's get that out of the way right now. But people do have feeling as to which is the worst kind of pain. Is it the one that attacks your mind? Or the kind that can break your bones? Each can lead down various paths of pain and can end in death itself. But which do you think is worst? By your own opinion and/or experience. Not by a doctors or others words. So far whats been worse for you? The broken leg or the broken heart? For me, it would be the broken leg. More specifically, the right shoulder. I sympathize with WWE Superstar Randy Orton. Who once injured his shoulder just by thumping the mat. I have a similar issue with my joint in the right shoulder. Over the last year, I've either slightly twisted my arm out of socket or downright dislocated it for a bit. It's not a fun experience to jump to the bed with our arm stretched and next thing you know it's looking the other way. Not too pleasant to hold your shoulder and then when asked what happened you answer "it got twisted when I was leaning on a wall while taking a piss".

Why do I say it's worse than emotional pain? I've felt emotional pain before. And unlike my bad shoulder, I could and did get over it. For years I spent time sulking feeling like if I was alone and abandoned because my dad moved to the states and I stayed behind. I never knew if I should blame myself for not saying anything or him. I was always isolated and hateful to other people. But I still felt very close to him. Once while he visited, he took a long time to pick me up. He said he'd pick me up in the morning but didn't pick me up until it was night. I was angsting like crazy. I had a self induced migraine and nausea. I was hyperventilating. Simply put, I turned into a drama queen trying to kill herself mentally. Eventually he picked me up. I threw up, took a dump and I was better. More realistically, I learned that it didn't matter what I thought. It was clear that regardless of my fathers choice, he didn't abandon me and whether it was his selfish decision it was up to him to say so and not me.

Unfortunately, as much as I'd like to get over my issues with my shoulder, I don't think I can get over that one. Unless there's surgery out there for it.

 

[amazing_blue]

Have you seen any doctors about the shoulder issues? That sounds like a serious problem that should be addressed (probably with surgery but I wouldn't know). I have had a highly irritating neck problem for three years now, but your shoulder sounds like it's a lot worse.

Did you ever talk to your dad about all that time you spent being affected?

I have never experienced true physical pain, so I cannot fully answer the question of which type of pain is worse. I have a lot of emotional problems I guess, but I suppose a lot of them are my fault. I've been told I over-think things.

 

[JWGunslinger]

I've had my shoulder dislocated, knuckle fractured and had the bone in my finger stick out of the skin, however I have to say that mental pain outweights physical by a ton. As Bruce Lee said, "Pain is weakness leaving the body"

 

[Calderownz]

Obviously, it depends on the situation. However, I'd go with emotional pain being worse for me personally.

I'm not in any major emotional pain at the current time, but it can definitely be trying. However, I've dealt with my share of physical pain and thus far, I've handled it better than some of my emotional pain. Most of it, truthfully.

However, I've never needed surgery or anything along those lines. So, obviously, my mind could change with the right amount of physical pain.

 

[Dagger Dias]

When it comes to physical pain, what you overcome makes you stronger. Nearly all non-fatal physical pain can be overcome. Sometimes emotional pain cannot be overcome. Infidelity in a relationship could create trust issues in future relationships that never go away. Then there's fears of driving after bad car accidents. What about abuse? Abused people have to live with that memory forever, that's something that can never be healed. I'd take a broken arm or leg over that any day because sometimes emotional pain is so painful that it never fully heals.