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Originally Posted by InJoy  It would follow that we have two choices: Either use emotional pain to build our tolerance to more of it, or learn to avoid it completely. |
I'd have to disagree with you here, InJoy; it seems to me that you're making the mistake of ignoring the presence of time.
Here's an assertion: Pain is a natural consequence of experiencing life. Thus, to avoid pain is to avoid life. However, if ZHereford's analogy to physical muscles holds, the experience of pain gives you an opportunity to become more resilient to pain, and thus allowing you to experience more life without pain.
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Originally Posted by ZHereford When you have emotional pain it is also meant to make you pay attention. Are you hurt because you're oversensitive, unreasonable or have a lesson to learn? You have to attend to your psyche. If you deal with it you build resilience, if you avoid it you don't. The choice is certainly yours.
If you take care of your physical and mental health you are less likely to experience either type of pain. |
Okay, so you're not saying that pain is necessary; you're saying that a person needs to deal with pain properly.
Now, if what you say is true, then is the inverse true as well? If you
don't feel pain, does that mean you
don't have emotional issues to deal with?