Whether you’ve slammed your finger in the door or stepped on a stray LEGO, a choice profanity can provide a colorful form of pain relief . Physiotherapist and neuroscientist Saurab Sharma and his colleagues compared how people in Nepal and in the U.S. described chronic pain . This helps us, and those around us, make more sense of our pain — which is a step toward feeling better.Some pain metaphors — like “burning” or “stabbing” — are so common we might not even notice them. A survey of people with chronic pain found that 85% linked pain with physical damage. Stella Bullo, a senior lecturer in linguistics at Manchester Metropolitan University, is compiling a database of endometriosis pain metaphors.

Source: Economic Times November 25, 2021 10:41 UTC