What's the point of pain? | BBC Ideas

We all know what pain is. But why does it exist? And what's it like to live with chronic pain?
Animation by Gemma Green-Hope.
Made in partnership with the @royalsociety
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0:26 Intro to the three types of pain
0:30 Day-to-day pain
1:02 Personal experience of living with neuropathic pain
1:56 What is neuropathic pain?
2:20 The third, mysterious kind of pain with no obvious biological cause
3:23 Pain is a hidden disability
3:46 Pain and mental health
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  • @terezaj.7503
    @terezaj.75035 ай бұрын

    Great topic, and amazing animation!

  • @marcosevero1523
    @marcosevero15236 ай бұрын

    What an excellent video. Thought-provoking. It creates awareness. BBC ideas has been very helpful in my classes at the same time that it makes us all reflect. Please keep up the great work.

  • @bbcideas

    @bbcideas

    6 ай бұрын

    Thank you for your kind comments! Glad you are enjoying our short films, it really means a lot...

  • @jurijnowicki8769
    @jurijnowicki87696 ай бұрын

    Cool video! 👏👏

  • @aluette1
    @aluette16 ай бұрын

    I think this is a very important topic.

  • @TheAaronJP
    @TheAaronJP6 ай бұрын

    Somatisation of trauma is more common than we think. The book the body keeps the scores explains this phenomenon well.

  • @Talia778real
    @Talia778real4 ай бұрын

    Ouch!😦

  • @BritishBeachcomber
    @BritishBeachcomber5 ай бұрын

    3 months ago, tripped and broke my wrist, multiple places. Hand at such an unnatural angle. I knew it was bad. But endorphins kicked in, and no pain. Just a natural high.

  • @possomt6211
    @possomt62115 ай бұрын

    Oh wow I may have what is considered as chronic pain but I didn't think I counted cause I know people worse off

  • @ahuramazda1766
    @ahuramazda17665 ай бұрын

    Almighty Push!

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    @akhtarhusain10586 ай бұрын

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  • @bbcideas

    @bbcideas

    6 ай бұрын

    Thank you Akhtar for your kind words about our videos and for this excellent suggestion

  • @123_Soleil
    @123_Soleil6 ай бұрын

    So much noise in the video.

  • @saleshism
    @saleshism5 ай бұрын

    Bhagavad Gita Chapter 2, verse 38 He who is alike in pleasure and in pain

  • @logeshwaranrk
    @logeshwaranrk6 ай бұрын

    learn "vipassana meditation" to understand the "mystery of pain"