solitairebloke
05-02-2010, 05:25 PM
A very interesting article on pain in yesterday's Times magazine - read it here:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/science/eureka/article7011376.ece
Just to quote again: "Why is it that the aches and twinges felt after running a marathon or giving birth can be enjoyable when other comparable physical stresses are not? How does the context of pain act as a physiological trigger? And, most tantalisingly, can pain be mentally repositioned so that it is a neutral experience, or even a pleasurable one?"
I think fellow spankers would say "yes" to that last proposition!
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/science/eureka/article7011376.ece
Just to quote again: "Why is it that the aches and twinges felt after running a marathon or giving birth can be enjoyable when other comparable physical stresses are not? How does the context of pain act as a physiological trigger? And, most tantalisingly, can pain be mentally repositioned so that it is a neutral experience, or even a pleasurable one?"
I think fellow spankers would say "yes" to that last proposition!