Reactions to Pain

Remember the last time you stubbed your toe really hard?  What was your first reaction?  If you were me at that moment, you woofed out some air and then bent over, not breathing, trying to wait out the blinding surge of pain.

If you were me, you used that moment of breathlessness to blame yourself or whatever was around you.  You spent some quality time of that breathlessness wondering how bad the toe was broken and whether there was blood.  Read More