Yes I know that one can lead to the other. I asked this because this week I’ve been being cross trained in another department at my job and while the work I’ve been doing is even more physical and I’ve been going home tired and sore, I haven’t felt as stressed as when have to work with the lazy, bad attitude people in my department…So for me I rather deal with being a little sore at the end of the day versus stressed and in a bad mood after dealing with people and their bullshit for 10 hours.
I've been in so much physical pain that was so bad I would scream and cry. I was seeing a pain specialist that prescribed morphine sulfate and oxycodone for my pain.
It took 6 months of being an inpatient at a wellness center to finally get my life back.
Sadly after three years of good health I relapsed.
Then the COVID-19 vax took away what little freedom I had. I was irreparably damaged from the shots.
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I think it was Al Bundy who said “Flesh grows back”. I bang up my hands quite a bit from tool slippage and the like; I’m trying to be more careful now but those cuts and scrapes are more of a nuisance than anything.
I got ingrown big toenails corrected when I was 16. When the freezing wore off I was in so much pain that even Tylenol 3 wouldn’t help. Better that though than the many years of emotional trauma I had. That had plenty of lasting effects which I combat by watching comedy films, usually with my mom, throwing myself deep into my hobbies and volunteering.
Physical pain can be as bad as emotional pain. Those who say physical pain can just go away can easily said the same with emotional pain. The thing is people tend to compare a heartbreak, distrust, trauma, etc. that can cause them long term mental illness that can cause them physical pain to a simple backpain, sore or wound because "it can just be healed over time" BS. That's not always the case. As someone who's in pain chronically for 6 years, it just doesn't only cause physical pain but it makes you physically tired making you emotionally drained as well.
There are ways to ease physical pain, like taking a painkiller, going on a madsage, etc. These can be really effective, but taking care of emotional stress is not so Simple and takes a lot longer.
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Both are hard on you and hard to know which causes the most 'damage'. All of us have probably suffered much of both, and I honestly don't know which I could tolerate more. Physical pain can be relieved by some means, but sometimes the cure does more damage than the pain itself, but in the long run I would chose some kind of physical pain over emotional stress
Physical definitely. I gave up a supervisory position because I could not stand babysitting chronic complainers. The job I have now is much more physical, but I love it. I work alone more or less.
Let’s be clear. Physical soreness from strenuous work is NOT pain. When you’ve been hospitalized for a back injury so severe that you pass out from the pain when you’re not on an opioid drip, THAT’S pain. I hate people and i’d put up with a thousand Karens a day before i suffer like that ever again.
Physical pain comes and goes and you're done with it. Emotional stress lingers and takes a lot more time, effort and work to clear out of your mind.
I'm unsure. On one hand, emotional stress is literally just asking for a ticking time bomb to go off. But on the other hand, I have zero pain tolerance. Which one is worse? I have no clue.
I deal with physical pain on a daily basis. I manage to get through my day.
Emotional stress is a killer
I would take physical over emotional any day of the week.
A good massage... or ibuprofen... can usually alleviate the physical pain.
There's no such easy cure for emotional stress.
The physical pain is easier to deal with than that emotional shit
Physical pain is much easier to handle (at least for me).
Sorry to say this, but emotional pain.
Funny, I just thought about that a few hours ago. Physical pain is easier to handle.
Probably the physical. It’ll go away eventually.
100% physical pain... I have had both, and physical pain goes away over time, emotional pain can effect your mental health.
None! I'm a cave dweller 😁
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only one of these broke me...
I deal with emotional stress
I do better with physical pain.
Physical pain has immediate remedies.
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