I think there are four levels of pain.
From least to greatest they are: annoying, distracting, clarifying and incapacitating.
Annoying pains we ignore, the distracting we treat. A sinus headache is annoying -- a tension headache is distracting. A migraine is incapacitating.
It's the clarifying that most people don't notice. Something that really, really hurts intensely, but you can brave through it (sometimes), those are clarifying moments. Maybe that's why people get tattoos?
Anyway, I've noticed lately that when I have a pain that's sometimes annoying, sometimes distracting -- I actually get more done because it helps me ignore the pain without treating it. Of course, it has to be physical labor -- I can't do this when I'm distracted.
Am I crazy or what?
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Yes, you're crazy. That's besides the point. :-)
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