Between physical and emotional pain, the classic stand is that physical pain is more tolerable and therefore preferred over its intangible counterpart. The good thing about being physically mutilated, it seems, is that the pain is gone together with the gauze and bandages. On the other hand, emotional pain lingers, pestering like a deep, throbbing wound. The truly painful is not the sustained physical damage while lying at the hospital bed, but the wreckage brought by the one you hold dear who did not drop by and wish you well because he or she don't give a damn anymore. Imagine sleeping with a broken heart-- the waking up is the hardest part.
Fair enough, but snap out of it. Although emotional pain do cause a great deal of pain, it is at least preferable. Consider the pain of a break-up. At least with a broken heart I could become a poet, or become one of those DJ's in the local radio station who call themselves Dr. Love. (In this case, suicide is an option for people with impaired cognitive function who are so willing to eliminate themselves from the gene pool.) But what would I do with a painful tooth besides silent sobbing and sleeping to oblivion?
This brings to mind the conundrum posed by the classic forwarded text message:
Which is more painful, your bf/gf leaving you or your finger getting crushed by a slamming hardwood door? Ouch.
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| Choose your ending. The Six paths of Pain. |
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