Which pain is worst? Physical/Emotional?

[Kamiko]

So I guess the point is to compare and see which one hurts most right?
Well, if I could just eliminate emotional pain entirely, I'd have more fun.
So I guess emotional pain, it stops us from destroying the world.

[Levian]

After seeing Saw 3 I'd take emotional pain over physical pain any day.

I don't let things get to me, but if it got too bad I could just move to USA, change my name and start a new beginning.

[Madame Adequate]

In general, emotional pain lasts far longer than physical, and the drugs to cure it are both less reliable and less safe (Those drugs being actual drugs, like alcohol and heroin and whatever.)

I imagine there's plenty of physical pain that's worse, but the vast majority of physical pain I'm likely to encounter is a lot less serious, and a lot more fleeting, than the emotional pain.

[Renmiri]

If you get rid of that, if you can block that out, the pain is not there. Yes, I am saying that with enough mental discipline, a person can resist the pain of getting an arm or a leg cut off.

Resist the pain and not feeling the pain are two vastly different things. I resisted the pain of childbirth several times, but I felt every one of those. Hurts like hell but the "end result" is so good you will be back next year with another kid

Naturally, a person can also resist emotional pain. They have names for this: Sociopathy, psychopathy, you name it. That is not discipline, however, that is due to a chemical imbalance. They are entirely different from each other.

Chemical imbalance is also vastly different from sociopathy, psychopathy, etc... There is no chemical cure for psycopaths, but people who have neurochemical imbalance can be treated and live fairly normal lives.

And both of those maladies have nothing to do with having experienced pain. As a matter of fact, a person with bipolar or with a depression can feel pain for fairly trivial things or for no reason at all. That is one of the reasosn we know the person is sick: Their reaction to life events is out of proportion with what the events cause to the majority of us. They can get devastated for stuff we barely notice or for no visible reason at all.

[Owen Macwere]

Physical pain is hard to endure, it is so hard and painful, makes you feel like your life is short.
Emotional pain is the hardest of the two, it makes you feel empty from the inside, like you ahve lost a peice of yourself somewhere where you can't find, like the world has gone upside-down, it hurts byound imagination. it is painful.

[VengefulRonin]

The majority of 'pain' a person feels when, say, a limb gets cut off, is mostly due to the shock of seeing their limb missing. Shock is not pain; it is a state of mind. If you get rid of that, if you can block that out, the pain is not there. Yes, I am saying that with enough mental discipline, a person can resist the pain of getting an arm or a leg cut off.

No, the pain is not caused by shock. In large injuries such as a limb being hacked off, the body going into shock is part of what stops the pain, as well as a surge of ardenaline. A few months ago the piercing i had in my left ear (in the cartilage, which is very sensitive) got hooked on my car doorframe and was ripped out. The initial ripping hurt for a split second, and then i barely felt any pain at all. This was because i had so much adrenaline pumping through my body from the shock of my ear being torn. And yes, you can feel a surge of adrenaline in your body, and yes i know what it feels like.

As a matter of fact, a person with bipolar or with a depression can feel pain for fairly trivial things or for no reason at all. That is one of the reasosn we know the person is sick: Their reaction to life events is out of proportion with what the events cause to the majority of us. They can get devastated for stuff we barely notice or for no visible reason at all.

Yep.

[fantasyjunkie]

Physical. Emotional pain all you have to do is change your lifestyle, even if the pain is grieving over a loved one. I've had back problems for years and being in pain for days on end wears you down.

[Raebus]

Physical pains eventually heal and you can take something to dull the pain but emotional pains are in your mind and sometimes, they never go away. It isnt as simple as changing your lifestyle, for me atleast.

[Rosenti]

Physical. Emotional pain all you have to do is change your lifestyle, even if the pain is grieving over a loved one. I've had back problems for years and being in pain for days on end wears you down.

But what if someone did somethin to you, that you were completely horrfyfied about, and no it doesnt have to be sexual. That you are scared for life, from that one thing. No matter if you changed your life style it would still be there.

[Renmiri]

Some emotional hurts stay with you long after you "changed your life style". Back pain has nothing on those.

But they do heal, even if the memories can still haunt you on some off days. At least I like to hope mine did. They don't bother me much nowadays, thankfully

[Vincent, Thunder God]

Emotional is by far the most painful. I know from experience. My emotions have been as extreme as any human can stand without killing himself. In fact, since I've put my moods in check, I've been much more tolerant of physical pain than most, because I have felt the infinitely worse effects of inner turmoil.

[LoveArya]

Emotional.You can always learn something from it. Theres nothing like the feeling of somebody ripping your heart out and then throwing it on the floor.

Then again, physical hurts too, especially in parts where it can mess up your life.

[~*~Celes~*~]

Emotional. It lasts longer.