Presenter: Adriane Knorr
Presentation Type: Oral
Primary Research Area: Science
Major: Philosophy
Sensations of pain are based on perception, tolerance and outside environment (Robertson, 2002); this makes it diverse between each individual as well as also very difficult to describe or define. A symptom of pain is the brains way of interpreting a sensation that is being sent via nerve pathways straight to the brain. If pain cannot be pinpointed to a specific disorder or sensation due to its humanistic subjectivity, then we must conclude that it is solely a sensation of the mind. Pain is a collection of neural signals being sent from the brain in order to protect the body. It
is not a physical limitation as it is alterable and controllable with the right knowledge and techniques. Sensations of pain stem from all areas of the body and one’s response to that pain depends on the emotional and physical strength to overcome hardships throughout life. Using experience from stimulus reactions, altering pain, post-reparative pain, and issues with our health care system; one can see how the sensations of pain, that of which humans feel, is strictly symptoms of an overactive brain attempting to protect itself from potential harm. Pain is just as adaptable and governable as our thoughts.