Belief Is A Physical Process Which Can Influence Pain

i still think of pain as a literal, objective thing. But at a certain point, what you are imagining is pure sensation is being modulated by the rest of what the brain is doing. Andand it becomes susceptible to significant influence and even cancellation - i'm not sure if that's happening. Maybe someone has a good sense of it now, but i'm just not aware of it. This relates to the placibo effect, which is also well demonstrated for for pain and for many other things, but it's also not understood.