Anyone have an opinion?
Why is it, that a person can handle the worst physical pain, but mentally they can not?
or on the other hand
The person can not hand the physical pain, but they are able to with-stand the worst kinds of beatings on the mind? Does that make any sense? Why isn't it equal or more portioned? Any thoughts on this?
Answer:
The human mind is amazingly complex. You can be strong in one aspect, but weak in another. The world is about balance anyhow. You can't be 100% perfect.
Some people think that verbal abuse is more hurtful and permanent, and that physical pain is just temporary. Maybe that's why some people can't take verbal and emotional abuse, but they remind themselves that physical pain will go away and won't affect their overall being.
Some people may be confident enough to not let other people's words bother them, but they may not have the patience to tolerate physical pain.
People are different and are raised different. That's a good question.
Everybody is different. Nature and nurture both play a role in how someone handles pain of any sort. But the body has a way of compensating for weaknesses.
For example: People who have one of their five senses disabled usually experience a heightened effect on the rest of their senses. Blind people often hear, smell, and feel more than the rest of us. Their bodies are compensating for the lack of one sense by boosting the rest of them.
i think if you can handle physical pain because you can mentally block it out so maybe when introduced to mental abuse it becomes an overload on your mind from absorbing so much of the physical punishment and vice versa.
most women think that the mental pain is the worst, due to our remembering things better and specific to detail. men however, have that sense of being a protector and will talk about the "beatings" they have taken and don't recall much on the mental harm because it isn't what they share with their buddies. it is just the way we are programed, overall. there are always exceptions, but that seems to be the case in what i have experienced.
It might be like Sigmund Freud said. That is we have 3 parts to our being. The ego the id and the superego. Sometimes these parts intermingle and interact with each other.
The control of physical pain has been and is still done by some people who know how to do it or are trained. As for the mind, well that is something that we still know very little about. What is it, where is it etc. The mind is like esscence and has no boundries. Therefore can take anything we throw at it or expose it to.
The brain is the key, because the brain is the eye of the mind but is rooted in physiology making it vulnerable. The brain is in touch with the mind and the body, which determines our perceptions of pain. That's my opinion anyway.
It depends on the person's early learning experiences, preparation for the pain, central nervous system integrity, general physical condition and self-concept that cause one to be able to withstand physical pain but not emotional upsets or vice versa.
It all comes down to the old adage. " different strokes for different folks".
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