Which is worse? Emotional or physical pain?

[Kiyanna]

Well....um, I like pain and all so..it is hard to say which one hurts the most.Because I kinda enjoy being hurt bad.But, I guess emotional is the worst for most other people.

[Frequency]

I would say Physical pain

[[BlackDeath]]

Emotional, physical pain heals easier than emotional, it can leave so much mental scaring and leave you one messed up person.

[Mistress Koneko]

Emotional, physical pain heals easier than emotional, it can leave so much mental scaring and leave you one messed up person.

EXACTLY!

[Krsnik]

Physical can be overcome through not caring, and shrugging it off. Emotional pain stays with you, no matter how much you run or block it out. It stays with you because it's etched into your being, and who you become.

[Starkwynd]

I'm sorry to.... well, most of the posters so far, but you have to be really, and I mean REALLY, weak minded to feel emotional pain for more than a few hours at most. Anything longer is what I would describe as an illness, not a "pain."

[stigmatize]

Not exactly. If you been betrayed or had a very terrible experience such as rape, torture or so on, emotional pain would definitely be much worse that physical. That's no illness. It's pain.

Given some time, physical pain will eventually fade away, no matter how bad it is. And physical pain on the whole, i suppose, is much easier to be treated than emotional one. You can see if a physical scar has healed or not, but you can never tell for a mental one. Because for emotional pains, as long as you can't get over the experince, it remains and will haunt you for the rest of your life. It's not so easy to get over mental scars because it's already a part of you and cannot be undone. It takes a great deal to get over or to forget a certain trauma.

It's always easier said than done.

Er...thats just my opinion of course. Not flamming or anything.

[Cursed~Amante]

definitely emotional. physical pain wears away after a short passage of time, but emotional pain.......

that takes quite longer to heal. really.

if you're like me, unlucky in love, this results into an overall dark aura.....

[Darth Tyranus]

I could attempt to bring some more examples to the table to prove that physical pain is often much worse, but trying to get a bunch of angst filled teens to think seems rather impossible.

[Mistress Koneko]

I could attempt to bring some more examples to the table to prove that phisical pain is often much worse, but trying to get a bunch of angst filled teens to think seems rather impossible.

I would like to see what you could come up with. As stigmatize and a bunch of others have said emotional pain changes who you are and your entire outlook on life if the trauma is deep enough.

Physical pain heals. You can even trick yourself to not feeling it sometimes. Emotional pain is different because when something powerfully traumatic happens to you, you CAN push it out of your mind and bury it but the after effects are still there. PLUS sometimes certain things can trigger it to come to the surface again against your will. A smell, an object you see, maybe even something on TV or something you read. Emotional pain far exceeds physical pain cause there is no real cure or patch for it.

[mimichan1000]

i agree. physical pain will go away eventualy, but emotional scars can last forever.

[Engi no Juushichi]

Solara is true, emotional pain can scar you for life, for the most part you can be healed from physical pain.

[Darth Tyranus]

Physical pain heals

Emotional pain far exceeds physical pain cause there is no real cure or patch for it.

Oh boy here we go, you asked for it so I'm giving it to you. Things that don't always heal.
Cancer
Asthma
Arthritis
Tumors
Strokes
snapped spine
Amputated limbs
Heart disease
Aids
Am i getting any of this through to you people? Some physical pain HAS NO CURE AND CAN NOT HEAL. I am so sick in tired of this "My friend back stabbed me, it hurts so much" get over it! You could be lying in a hospital bed with cancer right now, or be riddled with bone tumors. So unless you have had more than a couple cuts and broken bones you really don't know what real physical pain is. The kind that will never go away, the kind that is always with you and always will be. So please quit whining about how much your feelings got hurt and how it will never heal. Rise up and do something about it, because unlike the millions of people with cancer you can get over your pain. But the odds are good i'm wasting my time, since most of the members on this site don't read what anyone else says before the spout their uninformed garbage

[Zedekiah]

I would like to see what you could come up with. As stigmatize and a bunch of others have said emotional pain changes who you are and your entire outlook on life if the trauma is deep enough.

Physical pain heals. You can even trick yourself to not feeling it sometimes. Emotional pain is different because when something powerfully traumatic happens to you, you CAN push it out of your mind and bury it but the after effects are still there. PLUS sometimes certain things can trigger it to come to the surface again against your will. A smell, an object you see, maybe even something on TV or something you read. Emotional pain far exceeds physical pain cause there is no real cure or patch for it.

"O'Brien: If you want a vision of the future, Winston, imagine a boot stamping on a human face forever."

Now, if you haven't read the book "1984" by George Orwell, or watched the movie by the same name, I guess that'd make no sense to you.

But I do urge you to watch the movie, which seems more probable than reading the book for most of the people here, and think of Room 101 and then ponder once or twice what it really was you just replied to Darth there.

For those that have read the book, or seen the movie, I think you'll know what it is I am talking about.

[Luciel]

I say physical pain. Emotional pain, no matter how much it hurts, you eventually get over it. But like Darth Tyranus says, there are some physical ailments that can't be cured.

[Saint Mana]

If I might interject my opinion, and I always do, I would say the physical pain is far worse than emotional pain.
For my point, consider this, for emotional pain you can simply get over it.
you cannot simply get over being impaled 43 consecutive times. Now, I am not saying you would survive an impalement of that caliber, but my point remains clear.
Those who suffer from this so-called "Emotional Pain" are weak. Very weak. So weak it makes me physically ill.
If someone where to come up to me in tears rambling on about how they were dumped, what would I do? Well, the words "Get over it" come to mind. I would also rant on the flaws of human emotion.
Emotional pain, haha, that is hilarious. I can't believe how weak humans are.
Example #2
Random human: Oh, like, no!! I had a fight with my parents! My abusive and insensitive boyfriend dumped me! I am contemplating suicide!
Me: Yes, and I care why?
Random Human: You sick, sad little man! How could you saw that? I have a real problem!!
Me: Pfff, no you don't.
Random Human: What's wrong with you I could kill myself!!
Me: Excellent, I'll bring snacks.
-Random Human Dies-
Me: I am pleased.

Heh, that was hilarious. I think that the emotionally insecure should get over themselves. Like I care if some random drama queen ghosts herself/himself.
Of course this is all my opinion. Although, in my mind, my opinion is all that matters.
Note to self: Redesign humans...

[Darth Tyranus]

Those who suffer from this so-called "Emotional Pain" are weak. Very weak. So weak it makes me physically ill.

I wouldn't go that far, there are some legitimate reasons to be emotionally distressed, such as a loved one passing on. My main complaint is people who think breaking it off with some kind of partner is the end of life as we know it.

[-akichan-]

Emotional pains can lead you to lots of physical pains, emotion is worst, worst and worst.

[Darth Tyranus]

Emotional pains can lead you to lots of physical pains

And physical pain can lead to emotional, so what's your point?

[-akichan-]

Well...if you still dun get wut i meant, physical pains can lead you to emotional, but, emotional pains can lead to lots of kindas of pains. "A teenager commited suicide at school" that could be on news cos of the emotional pains, now try to think about it^^;

[Princess_Qeelah401]

hey everyone..i think tht emotional pain is worse too..coz if like ur heatbroken with ur love life or anything its like ur killed in ur heart if its physical pain u dont feel tht bad..get wud i mean ?

[☆l2emix☆]

Seriously...aki knows me, i'm really hurt all because of emotion, i could be physically hurt but that wouldnt get to me, but emotional pain really hurts!

[Vagary]

After a while, phsical pain goes away, but emotional pain can last forever.

[Starkwynd]

Ok, once again, I'm sorry, but stop acting all dramatic about it. Sheesh, this isn't some crappy soap opera or teary romance movie, this is life. People blow things way out of proportion nowadays it would seem...

If someone hurts you emotionally, you pick yourself up and move on. I may not have a girlfriend, but seriously if she/he dumps you/starts cheating on you, forget them and move on.

It may seem the opposite, but if you think about it all this emotional pain stems from your own selfishness. The only reason you feel the pain in the first place is because you think that you deserved better. Obviously if the pain lasts longer than your still just being selfish about it, you'd rather continue telling yourself you should have gotten better instead of going on.

My rule of thumb for it is, go to bed and if you're still "pained" by it in the morning, you need help.

I'm not gonna bother copying all the physical problems that hurt until they kill you. You can't stop those problems so easy, like I said before, it's easier to stop caring or forget about something than it is to walk it off.

[Anime is poison]

I'm a pretty mentally strong guy, so its hard for me to get hurt emotionally, so I'd have to say physical pain is worse. Even though most physical pain goes away while emotional tends to stay, I feel the physical a lot more, lol.