[Alamo-Girl]

Great catch, betty boop and Dataman!

If I might add one other point - pain is relative. One person may shake off an event that immobilizes another. Likewise, one might feel pain without any physical cause at all - dread, loneliness, Kerry's loss, etc.

[betty boop]

...pain is relative. One person may shake off an event that immobilizes another. Likewise, one might feel pain without any physical cause at all - dread, loneliness, Kerry's loss, etc.

Excellent points, Alamo-Girl! And certainly true, based on obbseration and experience.

[Dataman]

My teenage son just reminded me that phantom limb syndrome is proof positive that pain is in the mind.

A missing limb that itches or feels pain should, under normal circumstances, convince the reasonable person that those sensations occur in the mind.