Wednesday, April 19, 2006

Good Pain/Bad Pain? Continued

The previous post "Good Pain, Bad Pain" basically talked about how illness is determined largely by our cultural upbringing. There is however, a purely physical part of it. One can build up enough stimulation of a specific type in our bodies that there is a Shutdown of a specific type, either a loss of physical abilities, or mental abilities, but this shutdown is not all bad. For example, many people, after an intense night of intimacy with a partner, will have a shutdown, and this is not bad thing for most. On thether hand, I knew a woman that told me she hated having orgasms, because the feelings were too intense. During intimacy, she tried to eliminate this from the activity. Some do everything for an orgasm, others try and avoid it at all cost. Illness is something that most find to be a bad thing, but one could escape the social surroundings theoretically, and change the world view. One can still be overwhelmed by the internal and or external stimulus of the body, but whether that is good or bad is more governed by how you were raised in society.

2 Comments:

Blogger murry said...

I would only add that in some ways, like the example of a rolar coaster, the individual decides for themselves. Society says that rolar coasters are fun, and I say that they are not.

8:18 AM  
Blogger Jody John Ramey said...

I agree with you that there is individual decision, based upon the intensity level, because someone might feel over-stimulated in a certain way, and then interpret that as a bad thing.

6:03 AM  

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