Would you rather experience physical pain or emotional pain??

About 10 years ago, I got clawed by me cat - it wasn't his fault though. I was trying to break up a potential fight between him and a stray cat. I made the mistake of getting between my cat, a screen door and the stray. My cat became very frightened and in his panic he latched on my leg. Boy did that ever hurt. Anyway, I all but forgot about that incident. Unless I look at the scar I don't feel any pain at all right now. When I was very young, about 5 or 6 years old, which is much more than 10 years ago, I was verbally abused by adults in my life that I should have been able to look up to and be comfortable around. My whole emotional life was affected as I tried growing up and it still affects me to this day. Physical pain, although painful, doesn't last like emotional pain. Not only that, but emotional pain can be hard to pinpoint. I find myself reacting to something and I look back to my experience believing that my emotional pain had much to do with my actions. No, I'm not a psychiatrist but I'm able to put the pieces together. Like many who responded to your post, I'd have to agree that physical pain is easier to deal with.

Unless the I'm having severe physical pain I would chose physical pain. There are things that are so horribly painful and chronic you want to die. In cases like that I'd rather the internal suffering.

Emotional pain for sure...it's a choice. Physical pain is not...necessarily. With emotional pain we choose our attitude to the circumstances, we choose our outlook. One only needs to develop strength to have a positive outlook and a healthy attitude and move on. Sure, we can be confronted with grief but a healthy mind can still function well and get past the pain if we so choose to do so. Some people just like to wallow in misery.

The U S military have rather recently admitted that emotional pain (post traumatic stress) can cause physical pain.

I prefer emotional pain than physical pain, specially if the physical pain is something very serious. I can handle emotional pain very well and only something very bad (but very bad) can make me feel bad for days or more.

You are absolutely right. Though I've never been through extreme physical pain and might not understand how tormenting it is, I would still choose it over emotional pain in a heartbeat. Of course this doesn't include being physically tortured by a serial killer or something of that sort, because it's not only physically painful, but it can also scar you psychologically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually, for life. Of course, I would prefer not to experience both. Whatever sort of pain, be it physical or emotional, is still painful.

Physical. I can grit my teeth and life goes on.

I'd rather experience physical pain than emotional in case it is heal-able in case we talk about something unheal-able then I'd prefer emotional pain ;)

Hi cyclops, it's but normal to want the other if you have one of both. Yes we can cure physical pain by medication but even physical pain can also create emotional pain. And emotional pain, if dwelt on can also give way to physical symptoms. Our body is one unit and the pain in one aspect affects everything. But I would rather deal with emotional pain because in all my experiences in life, emotional hurts heal through time, and they have a way of making you a better person. Physical pain, when constantly concealed with medications will have adverse effects in the future until such time that from acute pain it becomes chronic. That's when even emotionally, psychologically and spiritually you also become sick. I hate seeing myself that way. I'd rather have heartaches and hurts but physically able.

Weird question! I would not want to go either! I have been gone through alot of emotional pain and it sucks! Really sucks! So bad I took years to get over some of it becasue I didn't know how to react! Why would anyone want to experience physical pain? That is crazy! What would you want to feel that kind of pain? I don't get it! Then you would be better off going through the emotional pain! If I could avoid both,I would! I have been through a c-section and hystercomy! If I didn't have to deal with the pain I would of been extremely grateful to aviod it! Nobody should have to go through either pain! Unfortunely that is life and it sucks!

Oh, I agree. I will really choose physical pain over the emotional/psychological pain. But if I'm really lucky, I will really choose no pain at all. My reason? Yeah, because my body can just mend itself but not my mind and my memory that will stay fresh with me forever. I do not forget anything that I've personally experienced. I taught myself never to forget because it's those experiences that made me who I am today. So if ever I had experienced some emotional pain before, it would still there and will never disappear. This is a very nice topic. Have a good day and Happy MyLotting!

Hi, Yes .I Do Agree With You. I would rather Experience Physical Pain Then Emotional Pain . Emotional Pain Breaks You. As You Have Said There Is No Cure For Emotional Pain.

I agree with you though I prefer not to have any of them because diseases make both the patients and their families suffer. Therefore, this is why I have picked up a degree in biomedical science at university so as to developing new method in curing some of the uncured diseases now and improve the living standard and quality of some patients.

Cyclopz I agree with you. I would rather experience physical pain than emotional pain. It takes more time and even years to remove the pain in our heart depending on how deep it is. In physical pain we only hurt once and yes there are scars but the pain never occurs again. Emotional pain can bring back the pain in our heart for so many times as we remember it. Only time can tell when the pain will stop.

Honestly, I would rather feel physical pain because that is temporary, but emotional pain can last a lifetime. Physical pain can and will heal in time, but emotional pain doesn't go away that easy.

I would agree in most cases. I think in some cases there is a cure but it is all in the brain. Physical and emotional can be lessened by yoga and meditation. Positive statements and such. It takes work but it can work. It depends on the person and how much they want to be ridded of these things.

Exactly. I would rather have pain physically than emotionally. Emotional takes much longer to heal and it damages us more than physical pain. Physical pain is easier to heal, we'll just take medicines and such while emotional, it can affect our trust, our relationships, our self- esteem. It has more damage to us than physical.

Well,when we feel physical pain,we also feel the inside,emotional pain.Our body is connected to our soul and spirit. So whatever things that hurts us physical,emotional,or spiritual we feel it all.So it's part of our life..

If I would have to choose between the worst type of physical pain and the worst type of emotional pain than I would choose physical pain. It is really hard to choose either but unfortunately most people will experience both in their lives. It is just a part of life.

To what extent like someone in family dying emotional pain or being tortured physical pain. If on those levels id definately take the emotional pain becaus eif youre a christian you can see them in heaven. If you are tortured it would hurt to where you would want to end your life and you would probably lose parts of your body you couldnt get back.