Emotional Pain Vs Physical Pain which one hurt most? ( Archived) (79)

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There are some physical pains that last forever sweetie, and there are some although do not hurt after a long period of time but leave behind a permanent mark that when you see it, ur emotionally hurt. An exam would be if one of your hand is cut off or your eye sucked away lol so i would say physical pain

I guess im speaking for myself..
I have been through the most intolerable pain, but would prefer that than emotional...someone dying for instance.

To compare: broken heart vs chronic toothache????

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Venus,

I never thought I would see a thread started where you did not have a definite position, one way or the other.

For myself, as an old soul, I would say definitely emotional pain.

I have experienced physical pain many times, on one occasion so bad that if I would have had a gun, I would have used it on myself, just to end the pain. I had my right hip replaced, and during the process my right femur was first fractured vertically down from the head -- and then four or five spiral fractures down the body of the femur. I was on a morphine drip for 5 1/2 days and then two weeks in rehab. I walk now with one leg 1/2 inch shorter than the other and deal with pain still on a daily basis. Add to that 12 other major surgeries and I can say I know "bad" physical pain. But the bad part of the pain is gone and I have learned to deal with the remaining pain. It is just part of my daily routine.

But, emotional pain can stay with you all your life. You can put it away in a corner of your mind, thinking that you have dealt with it, only to have it come back, time after time, to remind you, again and again, that it is still there.

I have buried two of my children, one many years ago. He was a twin who only lived three hours, due to diseases resulting from premature birth. The other, Damon, my youngest son, died last May, from suicide. He was 1,000 miles away and I had no way to get to his funeral. I had to have a small urn sent to me, so that I can remember the good times we had together. He was only 32 at the time of his death. My older sister died, also at age 32, also from suicide. My older brother died just 4 years ago, from a bad heart. He was 72.

The emotional pain from those deaths will stay with me till the day I die myself. I will always grieve for them, mourn their loss, not only for myself and my younger brother, the only two remaining members of our family, but also the loss of whatever good things they may have done had they lived.

So, definitely, emotional pain.

Why not? See? Toothache wins here, right?

Alright, i agree

I don't give much thought to either!!!

Physical, can be overcome.
Emotional, I'm stronger than that!

Lol, pls tell me how you overcame emotional pain, i have battle with that for long but still can't do it on my own

U do it through friends, Counseling, and through Prayer....No one should do it on their own....and there is no way to compare these pain because some pain last a few minutes, some days, some months and some a life time....There are just too many variables to make a distinction. Good Luck to U

I would never impose my methods on others, so all I can say is what works for me...

Thinking: Doing too much of this is never a good thing at low times!!! Milling things over, looking for what if, or I could have.....

Simply shrug it off and move on.

I'm of no medical training, but have witnessed many people around me, getting so low, and even depressed, and couldn't get the grief!!!!
I simply don't dwell on it, or let it consume me like others do!!

right after my divorce,
i smashed headfirst (here come the jokes) into a van
that pulled out in front of me, i was flying on a bicycle.

got a concussion and lost half of a rear molar.
the tooth kinda hurt a bit.

so, i think i got to weigh it out pretty well,
experiencing both at the same time.

i'll still take physical any day.

Where can I get me one of those flying bikes???

I'll explain:

Not that love doesn't exist, but nobody is anybody's property and we should take responsibility of our own acts. So, when you leave a relationship, close the door, don't bang it...and try to have less guilty feelings by being virtuous on every step. If you leave a relationship knowing that you did all you could to make it happen, plus mind exercise that she is free to love whoever she wants...you will suffer less.
The only thing ou can do is to do everything you can for her to love you. But she is free to wanting to like it or deny it, no matter how good you think you are. Let are choose to be whoever she wants to be. If you recognise her those rights, you will find it easier to let go. Just cry for the record.

takes a lot of thought and working things out in your brain.

i think you are on to something with the not doing it alone thing.
talking to different people helps a lot.
three different people can say essentially the same thing to you.
but only one of them might phrase it in such a way
that it makes sense to you and helps you.

i think there was a moment or two it became airborn

Hey V

You suffered both emotional AND physical pain, on your last date....