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>>19407667
This is why we need to study pain.
I'm convinced that turning off pain using nothing but thought is possible.
It all comes back to the brain.

Pain is a nociceptive event even if a c-fiber (pain fiber) does not fire, also the inverse is true. We ultimately "decide" whether or not to treat an impulse as pain. This is why you can fire a nail into your boot and scream in pain even though it just went between the toes. Its also why you can have your arm ripped off and calmly call an ambulance.

Anyway, well wishes, I've been there.