Poll: Physical or Emotional Pain?

[SinisterGehe]

Physical pain... Because when you suffer it long enough it turns in to Emotional and mental pain.
I should know I been suffering from severe PHYSICAL pain condition for almost 3 years now. It will crush even the strongest man after a while.

 

[JesterRaiin]

Easy question, which is worse? Not necissarily for everyone but for you, which is worse?

I think emotional pain is more unbearable, which is exacly why I'm awake and posting right now. What do you all think?

Were you kicked in the balls lately ?

 

[Falsename]

Physical.


Emotional pain is nothing, it's literally just in your mind.

Booo! Emotional pain is much much worse. I can stand physical easily and while I don't show my emotional pain... I do still have it.

 

[nex_T]

Its physical, anyone who says emotional is being WHINY.

If you want proof; you cant be driven insane by emotional pain. You can be driven insane by torture. The deepest, darkest emotional pain has nothing on the deepest, darkest physical pain.

Emotional pain is more common, Ill give you that.

 

[Zipa]

Physical pain, emotional pain is easy to shrug off with various methods, for me video games help.

Physical pain you can't shrug off you have to wait for your body to heal which can depending on the injury take a long time. There is no getting away from it , painkillers only do so much.

 

[Zhukov]

Whichever one I happen to be experiencing.

 

[Crazycat690]

Physical pain, obviously. The worst kind of emotional pain has nothing on having your bones crushed.

"The body may heal but the mind is not always so resilient" -Dues Ex HR

I say emotional, simply because it can screw someone up far worse than physical pain.

 

[Tizzmarelda]

Subjective question is subjective.

 

[Randomeaninglessword]

Physical. If you're in serious physical pain you may be seriously sick or injured. But with serious emotional pain doesn't actually threaten your life (except for suicide).

 

[Sexy Devil]

Hmm, that's a tough one. Would I rather suffer a broken wrist or a friend dying? That's a real tough one. That's like a Saw choice right there.

A better comparison would be "Would I rather be boiled alive/skinned/crushed or would I prefer to see my friend die in that manner?"

This captcha seriously has the 'beta' sign and expects me to write it out.

 

[Adzma]

Physical pain can be easily supressed. Emotional can not.

 

[Chase Yojimbo]

It is impossible to denote which one is truly the right answer in the long run, so I choose both.

Why? A broken bone only mends to be weaker, and an emotion sometimes can never be cured. Both of these ailments are flaws of the Human Body and Spirit, and so it is the Flaws that I choose, not the Answer.

 

[Cameoflage]

I don't feel qualified to comment objectively because I haven't really experienced the extremes of either. I've never so much as broken a bone as far as physical pain goes, and the worst emotional experience I've ever had wasn't pain so much as anxiety. Both physical and emotional pain can eat away at a person's soul, if enough of it's present for a long enough time (I mean, unbearable emotional pain is usually why people commit suicide). I voted for physical pain, though. Mainly because I become absolutely miserable if I have to put up with it continuously for more than a few hours.

 

[teqrevisited]

It's hard to have an unbiased opinion when for the last year I've been reminded daily of whatever it is that feels like a vice on my head. Then it really depends on the severity of either, not to mention that some physical ailments can affect the mind just as much as the body.

If the two were mutually exclusive I'd choose physical over emotional, for the saving factor that there are still times when such pain can be forgotten through other activities and/or medication.

 

[MaximumCrux]

It's a close run thing, but I'd say emotional pain, though to be honest both options are equally undesirable.

 

[ultimateownage]

I haven't experienced either extreme, an am unlikely to, so the whole thing's a pointless hypothetical.
It depends entirely on what you consider emotional pain. If it's fear, then I'd choose physical pain. Your body can block that out.

 

[Sir Thomas Sean Connery]

Depends on the type of physical pain.

For instance, if we are talking about getting a cavity drilled without painkiller, bring it on! THAT pain feels great! On the other hand I would rather feel rejected and insignificant than break my arm.

In general, I would rather have emotional pain because it is my humble opinion that NEARLY all emotional problems can be blocked out or rejected by choice.

 

[JokerCrowe]

Emotional. When you reach a certain level of physical pain, you pass out. You have no such luck with emotional pain, because your body has limits, your mind doesn't.
Incidentally:

 

[Sarmos]

I think it all depends on the individual. Everyone feels pain differently. Everyone has different pain tolerences as well. Some people are more emotional and feel that pain worse. Some people have low pain tolerence and cant stand physical pain.

As for me personally, from my experiences, having my collar bone broke and poking into my chest for over three days before finally going to the hospital, and having my heart broke over three years ago and still feeling it, I think you'll find me in favor of emotional pain bering worse.

Much much worse. That stays with you for YEARS. If you let it.