September 06, 2004

Something about pain and memory

Posted at 18:55 in .

On Friday night I hung out with a woman whom while describing birthing told me “pain has no memory”. She went on to explain that yes she remembered that childbirth was painful but…. She has no recollection of HOW it was painful, or how potent the pain was.
Obviously she was speaking of physical pain.
I wonder if other kinds of pain share this lack of memory.

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