Comment by acchow
4 years ago
> and a broken bone will ruin your mood
Curious thing I've noticed - physical ailments had very little effect on my mood as a child, but have a significant impact on my mood in my 30s. Something even as simple as a cold can make me unwilling to be helpful, empathetic, etc now.
Why is this?
I believe we're able to reframe pain and regulate its emotional impacts through conscious reasoning. If that's right, you can change the way pain is impacting your moods.
Maybe these would interest you:
1. Cerebral cortex modulation of pain, Acta Pharmacologica Sinica
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4006538/
2. Let it be: mindful acceptance down-regulates pain and negative emotion, Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience
https://academic.oup.com/scan/article/14/11/1147/5716281