Painless anyone?

March 23, 2012 6:15pm CST
Has there been anyone or how many have there been of old people that have never had any serious pains in their lifetime? I'm not talking about a scrape on the skin or a bump here and there. I mean serious illness or disease pain. I'm not that old and I have pains all the time. Headaches, tummy aches, back aches, aches and pains all over from different things. I'm just curious and would be interested to know if there are or have ever been someone that has reached an old age and have never ever experienced any bad serious pains.
2 responses
• Philippines
24 Mar 12
i do think that having a healthy lifestyle and a proper diet would keep all those nasty illnesses away. well as for your question i havent met a person who has not yet experienced an illness that bothers them. obviously as the person ages their body deteriorates becoming more prone to illnesses.
25 Mar 12
Thank you for your input.
@flamez3r0 (319)
• Puerto Rico
24 Mar 12
Hello :). Everyone suffers, and every suffering is serious while you are suffering it. However as time passes we tend to forget how bad it really was , and then we tend to think new pains are worse than old ones. For example, if I was to suffer from toothache yesterday, but today I got it fixed in the morning and then went ahead and hit the little tow of my foot on a corner, then I would forget the tooth pain and believe that the new pain on my toe is the worst pain I have ever felt. This is specially true when you increase the time in between the pains, so when you are old, if you don't have any pains at all, you might not remember all the others pains you have felt. So everyone who doesn't have a nerve problem have felt serious pain, even if they don't remember it. If you are looking for someone who has never ever felt pain, then maybe someone with congenital analgesia. Although I don't think that's a really good thing to have since you wouldn't be able to know if something inside you exploded, or if you are working too hard and need to rest.
24 Mar 12
Wow, you know, you are right! If one didn't feel pain it's called Lepracy and you actually would be worse off because you would never know something was wrong! I knew that, I guess I needed a reminder. :)