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The Science of Pain: Myths, Truths, and Understanding | Dr. Rachel Zoffness

Finding Mastery with Dr. Michael Gervais

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What Is Pain?

Pain is the body's danger action system, and it exists to tell us that something may be wrong. We've all been told this big lie, that pain is a purely biomedical problem just to do with your back or your knee. But what science tells us is that pain are a bio psychosocial phenomenon. And if we're only looking at biological components of pain, we are literally missing two thirds of the pain problem. So pain lives in the middle of those three domains, bio psyche social, all about purpose.

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