sopularity_fax@sopuli.xyz to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.ca · edit-23 days agoWhere do random bruises on your legs come from? I never fall or anythingmessage-squaremessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up146arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up146arrow-down1message-squareWhere do random bruises on your legs come from? I never fall or anythingsopularity_fax@sopuli.xyz to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.ca · edit-23 days agomessage-square29fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareRBWells@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·3 days agoI often knock into something, yell “fuck!” because it hurts, then immediately forget about it when it stops hurting. If you are like that, no worries, maybe a little more mindfulness. If you mean something like Trump, big bruises on your hand spontaneously? Go to a doctor, please.
minus-squaresopularity_fax@sopuli.xyzOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 days agoI wonder if cursing sparingly but only during painful stuff actually activates the endogenous opioid system more to provide analgesia to the pain
minus-squareHugin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 days agoThere have been MRI studies that show swearing reduces pain response in the brain. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7204505/
minus-squaresopularity_fax@sopuli.xyzOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-23 days agoIs that benefit attenuated by prophylactic opioid antagonist?
I often knock into something, yell “fuck!” because it hurts, then immediately forget about it when it stops hurting.
If you are like that, no worries, maybe a little more mindfulness.
If you mean something like Trump, big bruises on your hand spontaneously? Go to a doctor, please.
I wonder if cursing sparingly but only during painful stuff actually activates the endogenous opioid system more to provide analgesia to the pain
There have been MRI studies that show swearing reduces pain response in the brain.
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7204505/
Is that benefit attenuated by prophylactic opioid antagonist?