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What is Pain?
The International Association for the Study of Pain has published the following definition of pain which reflects what has been learned about pain in the last four centuries, and primarily in the past half century.
Pain is "an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage, or described in terms of such damage" (Merskey, 1986). source...
Emotional Distress
The 'Lectric Law Library's Lexicon
EMOTIONAL DISTRESS - 'Damages for emotional distress have been permitted only where there is some means for assuring the validity of the claim. (Molien, supra, 27 Cal.3d at 926-27.) The case law reveals a diversity of circumstances in which recovery for emotional distress may be had. They are loosely linked in the sense that in each it could be said that a particular form of mental suffering naturally ensued from the acts constituting the invasion of another kind of protected interest. 'The commonest example . . . is probably where the plaintiff suffers personal injuries in addition to mental distress as a result of negligent or intentional misconduct by the defendant.' (Crisci, supra, 66 Cal.2d at 433.) Pain and suffering is the natural concomitant of a personal injury. (Capelouto v. Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, supra, 7 Cal.3d 889 [infant's pain and suffering incident to contagious illness].) '[I]n the case of many torts, such as assault, battery, false imprisonment, and defamation, mental suffering will frequently constitute the principal element of damages.' (State Rubbish, etc. Assn. v. Siliznoff, supra, 38 Cal.2d at 338; see also Deevy v. Tassi, supra, 21 Cal.2d 109 [assault and battery].) Molien, supra, 27 Cal.3d 916, found sufficient assurance of the validity of a claim of emotional distress in the nature of the cause of action for negligent misdiagnosis, predicated as it was upon a false imputation of syphilis, which by statute constitutes slander per se, an intentional tort. (Id., at pp. 930-31.)
In torts involving extreme and outrageous intentional invasions of mental and emotional tranquillity, the outrageous conduct affords the necessary assurance of the validity of the claim. (Id. at 927.) Recovery also has been sanctioned for emotional distress which could be said naturally to ensue from an act which invaded an interest protected by an established tort. (See, Sloane v. Southern Cal. Ry. Co., supra, 111 Cal. 668 [humiliation from wrongful ejection from train]; State Rubbish, etc. Assoc. v. Siliznoff, supra, 38 Cal.2d 330 [intentional infliction of emotional distress]; Crisci v. Security Ins. Co., supra, 66 Cal.2d 425 [physical injuries and psychosis resulting from fall through opening]; see also Acadia, California, Ltd. v. Herbert (1960) 54 Cal.2d 328, 337 [mental suffering occasioned for fear for safety of family caused by trespass]; Kornoff v. Kingsburg Cotton Oil Co. (1955) 45 Cal.2d 265, 271 [discomfort and annoyance caused by nuisance]; Herzog v. Grosso (1953) 41 Cal.2d 219, 225 [annoyance ensuing from trespass].)' (Merenda v. Superior Court (1992) 3 Cal.App.4th 1, 8-9 [no emotional distress damages for negligent legal malpractice]; see also discussion of limitations on emotional distress damages in Branch v. Homefed Bank (1992) 6 Cal.App.4th 793, 800.)
Not all mental anguish is compensable: '[E]motional distress is but 'part of the human condition.' Fuentes v. Perez (1977) 66 Cal.App.3d 163, 169. Loss by anyone of property or money, and certainly loss of expected wages, will normally produce mental anguish. 'Complete emotional tranquillity is seldom attainable in this world . . .' (6 Cal.App.4th at 801.) source...
Pain and Suffering Definition
pain and suffering definition – pain and suffering includes the loss of physical abilities, such as the use of your hand or foot, and physical discomfort, such as chronic backache or stiffness in your neck. The term also includes any emotional pain you might suffer, such as worry, anxiety, embarrassment, and the loss of the pleasures and enjoyment of life. source...
Pain is a Subjective Experience
Seeing patients with chronic pain in my clinic, doing research on work-related injuries in factories, and teaching neuroanatomy has lead me to ask (almost everyone):
* What is pain?
* How can we define it?
* Can pain be described so that others can understand what the pain really feels like?
* Can the complexity of this very personal experience be explained anatomically?
After quite a few dumb stares from people who either thought the answers were impossible or obvious, I was pleased to find there were thousands of professionals asking the same questions, and some devoting their lives to finding answers.
The International Association for the Study of Pain gives this definition
* PAIN is "an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage, ar described in terms of such damage".
This definition makes a lot of sense, but it implies that if we are not aware of it we cannot suffer the effects of pain. The concept of unconcious pain is currently a matter of debate among experts in this field. source...
How We Biologically Experience Physical and Emotional Pain
Joseph Santini
"Who does it hurt? That's who the story is about." -Harlan Ellison, on writing
Pain is a fascination for me, but increasingly I realize I know only minuscle amounts about how it works biologically. I could go on for hours, despite audience rejection, about hurtin' for my baby; however, where exactly does this emotional pain come from? My heart may be metaphorically cut, but it is not bleeding. The traditional "physical" definition of pain - that pain is, for example, "an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage, or described in terms of such damage" [1] - doesn't always work. I've gotten much more emotional pain from a loved one's rejection than from shoulder dislocation, but the first involves no tissue damage or threat of tissue damage. I discovered I needed to do research on what pain was before I could understand emotional pain. source...
SUFFER: Dictionary Entry and Meaning
endure (emotional pain); "Every time her husband gets drunk, she suffers" source...
Dictionary Information: Definition Pain
Pain may occur in any part of the body where sensory nerves are distributed, and it is always due to some kind of stimulation of them. The sensation is generally referred to the peripheral end of the nerve.
3. pl. Specifically, the throes or travail of childbirth. "She bowed herself and travailed, for her pains came upon her." 1 Sam. iv. 19.
4. Uneasiness of mind; mental distress; disquietude; anxiety; grief; source...
On Healing Emotional Pain Karma and Forgiveness
Many healers and others , though we are all healers , are from really dysfunctional families and or have a lot of pain in their lives and have a lot of questions about their experiences and how to work through them.
Here are some thoughts about Karma and some other theories I have heard:
I have heard that before we are born we choose our companions on the basis of our mutual 6th aura level and that is tremendously different than the first three levels we deal with while incarnate. The sixth level is a highly spiritual and intuitive plane . when we are discarnate we are not able to see much below the 6th level so its a bit like making decisions about the ocean floor from a mountain top. source...
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