Pain - why we feel it, and what can be done

[@CssHDmonster]

i love how quickly this video changes from pain to actually we all live in a simulation

[@More_Row]

Its connected

[@technoman9000]

Do you think that's air you're breathing now?

[@CssHDmonster]

@@technoman9000 i actually just finished the matrix trilogy like a month ago, lol

[@whydingus2379]

There's actually 0 evidence we live in a real reality and any evidence we do find could just be part of the simulation itself. Pretty trippy to think about.

[@rcapracp3867]

And, in typical Lindybeige fashion, to actually you're fine quit whinging.

[@firingallcylinders2949]

An Hour 45 of Lindybeige? I know what I'm listening to at work.

[@mihininja]

Great minds think alike it seems

[@Shannon_Gaines]

Great meal time video

[@joshbone9888]

Same

[@tiberiusG]

same same, here in New Jersey.

[@mattstroker]

What work do you guys do to be able to listen to him during work?

[@MrHerrGotlieb]

One of the most impressive parts of the video is how Lloyd managed to tactfully express what we all were thinking after he mentioned how the foot- and genital-processing areas of the brain are near each other.

[@hollybrereton3140]

In regards to your 6'' Nail story: I had the complete polar opposite when building a tree-house as 12 yr old, was convinced it had gone between my toes and was only when put my other foot on the plank and pulled my foot up to be meet with the most almighty squelch did I realize otherwise. However I still hopped the 1 mile plus home without taking my shoe off. Only when my mum made me remove it, revealing the bucket loads of blood did i actually feel any PAIN and oh boy was it painful ;)

[@Fallenangel_85]

Can confirm. My nail went straight through the foot and I didn't even notice until my feet got warm + wet.

[@parkerwonser]

Potentially the most fascinating video Lloyds ever put out.

[@CoobyPls]

cripes lloyd has been gone so long i broke my hip developed an addiction, went to rehab, and am now 6 months sober TODAY all in the time it took him to bake another perfect video. Thanks for the 6mo present!

[@fluffbuck3t]

he's been posting every couple weeks though...?

[@Errors2149]

@@fluffbuck3t same. huh. the youtube algorithm works in strange (and annoying) ways

[@JesseP.Watson]

I went up a mountain, stopped driving and began walking everywhere, made friends with a herd of horses, tamed one of the colts and am now underway training my dearest friend, Arthur, to ride. Life is good. You see, Lindybeige or nay, we must do what we can to live well.

[@theguy9208]

​@@Errors2149the short videos dont count 😂

[@cyan_oxy6734]

Opioids are a great way to make a short-term problem a long-term issue...

[@hostedbysimples]

I don't know if you are going to see this comment. But I really appreciate you sharing the things you learn with us. You make such good informative videos, no matter the topic. I think everyone has this inner child in us that when we discover something we immediately go outside screaming "I learned something!!!". And that's how I feel when watching your videos. Thanks for sharing, you're a really cool guy!

[@AmadonFaul]

It amazes me how well you can keep yourself organized, and maintain being able to explain yourself so well for so long at least mostly off the cuff. You must be really good at giving talks, but I also bet you hate doing it.

[@ryv2484]

I alway thought he was a college professor or something

[@jaybot303functionerror4]

@@ryv2484He lives in the middle class area of Newcastle I do & shops in what was my local Asda. Newcastle has an excellent medical university ,so I imagine he stayed up here after University. As I write this at 6am with chronic dental pain that needs an a dental operation to sort out.

[@ArifRWinandar]

How to cause pain to yourself: eat chili, run a marathon, read 50 Shades of Grey

[@chriswarburtonbrown1566]

Much better to stay here and enjoy 50 Shades of Beige.

[@arsray7285]

One of them is not like the others

[@MartinSchreiber-mc5mr]

@@chriswarburtonbrown1566 Try 50 shades of Earl Grey.

[@euchale]

do I have to do them at the same time?

[@ScienceDiscoverer]

@@euchale Yes.

[@DCM_128]

90 minute+ videos that's why we're here thank you sir o7 doesn't even matter what topic it is

[@sylvainrobert5156]

As a French, I am very interested in the subject. Happy you finally got around to appreciating our culture!

[@Balpindo]

how painful is it to be french?

[@BodyheadPictures]

@@BalpindoI’d imagine that living in France is a source of constant existential pain, of course I’m not sure how many people in France are actually French anymore.

[@Adriaticus]

@@Balpindo 🥏

[@noramroce2907]

@@BodyheadPicturesall the true French were exterminated in the 1848 revolution. All the people since then who call themselves French were imposters

[@herbivorethecarnivore8447]

My condolences for your terrible affliction

[@IanGerritsen]

House-bound with chronic head pain for 15 years here. Woke up one day with no particular reason in evidence and been here ever since. No reason found yet. Yay human body!

[@riflemanm16a2]

Your pain is all in your head in more ways than one!

[@colinmackay92]

Thank you Lloyd for your awesome videos. You don't advertise but I just got one of your sweaters and it's great. Wearing it right now

[@Dayvee_Pizzle]

You mean I could also acquire such an immaculate sweater?!

[@colinmackay92]

@Dayvee_Pizzle yes lol just go to his shop.

[@malkomalkavian]

A car ran over my boot, many years ago, and squashed my toecap. My foot was flooded with a weird sensation, as if it was perhaps bleeding profusely, or perhaps sweating, or perhaps very painful. The uncertain feeling was extremely strong and I limped the few blocks home to take off my boot. My foot was fine, the boot had taken it all, but the feeling of unknown injury was exhausting.

[@PsyKeks]

Pain and perception and consciousness are all so very fascinating. This video was literally amazing. A few things I had heard before and a few were new to me. There is just one view or phrasing I think js a bit off: Saying "it's all in your head" and equaling it to "it's not real". The things in my head are the only things, I can know actually exist. Our perception of the world is, as you described, only a flawed understanding, but it is the only reality there is. Pain can only be real, when it is in my brain. Hmmh. Okay, by that exact logic I can say, a pain that is in your brain, but not in my brain, is not real to me. And I think, that makes A LOT of sense. People are dismissve about mental disorders like depression, saying "It's only in your brain, it isn't real.", because THEY don't feel it. If they can not understand it, they can not empathize with it and they don't feel the pain in their own head, so it is not part of their reality. Okay, it's nearly half past three in the night (morning?) right now and I lack some sleep, but this feels like quite the epiphany right now! I hope, I will get back to this thought later.

[@phano6385]

I have a pretty high physical pain tolerance, but I've been struggling with the pain of loneliness. Indeed, it does sometimes feel like a full body ache. I have been making an active effort to engage in more in-person social spaces in my somewhat desolate area to some varying degress of success. But training myself to not collapse under it on those really bad days is something I'd like to work on and I feel like your video gives me a few more tricks to stuff up my sleeve

[@mariecarie1]

Loneliness, depression, even anxiety at times are absolutely a form of pain. I’ve always described depression as feeling like your heart is bruised or your insides are bruised (not saying you’re depressed, but I think loneliness can feel a lot like that too). I’m glad you’ve been trying to socialize more. Keep at it-it’s really hard some days, because you have to work through the pain to solve the pain. Just keep at it and know some stranger on the Internet is rooting for you

[@phano6385]

@@mariecarie1 Thankssssss. I've honestly been comfortable being single for about a decade, but something has switched in my brain in the last few years. I appreciate it though!

[@Bingbangboompowwham]

Sincerely, I can’t express how grateful I am to have reminded myself of this channel when I did, today. Atop a growing heap of no-longerness, I was ready to throw long-form KZbin content. Lots of good things no longer exist, why not that? It’s a spark of hope for me that you make these videos in the way that you do. I like passionate, honest people, and I like to hear them speak fluidly, as I think you do. When I sober up I plan to remember to find whichever site to help support you financially. PS: is the graphic novel here, or coming? I’ve been absent.

[@josh4601]

this feels like such a grand coincidence for my little life, my girlfriend just got diagnosed with fibromyalgia, and she's in agony some days, gonna listen to every second of this with pricked ears to find any and every way to help her.

[@SydneySewerat]

Go carnivore.

[@justandy333]

Just let her know, "It's all in your head my dear." That'll help I'm sure lol.

[@XtecHubble]

My wife's grandma always says that she felt no pain in none of the 6 times she gave birth. She said that the doctor had this miraculous "no pain" method. I asked kind of joking if it was a form we had to fill. From what I can tell, the method was simply the doctor saying it would not hurt at all, there didn't seem to be anything special. Maybe she just believed him and expected no pain..

[@Firetiger93]

Placebo pain killers are well documented. Ive never heard of "mind over matter" being able to get you out of feeling the pain of birth though. That would be fascinating to dig into.

[@XtecHubble]

​@@Firetiger93 maybe she was just one of women with the genetics that makes you feel no pain during birth. I don't know...

[@Firetiger93]

@@XtecHubble If you find out for sure, let me know.

[@shouldb.studying4670]

The implication of generations of deer getting exponentially larger due to them having brains the size of the mother is terrifying.

[@PsyKeks]

Nonono, the brain just has to shrink between when they are born and when they give birth. It's all fine!

[@frey7631]

Thank you! This was incredibly interesting! While I was familiar with some of the content, there was still so much that amazed and enlightened me.

[@blackleon1708]

You do research and explanation on a level unachievable for most psychologists. I recommend often some videos on psychology from your channel to students, because it's very high quality lecture. Plus it's entertaining. You do a great job of explaining science to people, even if science in question is not your specialization

[@RolftheRed]

Man, just love yer brain. Thanks Dude, your rock.

[@718Gilbert]

Incredible video Lloyd. It gave me huge and many aha moments. I've struggled with misophonia and misokenisia which I gave up and ever improving until I just watched this. At least I have hope to reprogram my committee to stop giving me the pain of danger that I know is not real. Next step is listening to the book you based this on. THANK YOU

[@technoman9000]

IT'S ALL IN YOUR HEAD (I also suffer from misophonia)

[@tolok377]

By God that’s the most (and most visceral too) Lindly’s video so far. And for the good reason: it’s much easier to associate with emotions in question via on-screen empathy

[@roxtafargilath881]

What a treat ! I lived the video, all the way through

[@coreywright3379]

My back has been really bad lately with numbing sciatica. After watching this I actually feel much better. I'm sharing this with everyone. Thank you! Very interesting video.

[@Qew77]

Your channel helped me pass through lots of pain Thank you

[@blacksnail]

I really like this type of video. Well done.

[@johnnyjolijt2]

Yes! A long episode! Thank you Lindy.

[@saka75g]

This might be your most interesting video yet!

[@KroltanMG]

51:00 Lindy just described "rollback netcode" as implemented in most twitch reflex multiplayer video games

[@technoman9000]

Ha ha very true

[@gotri7]

Hey, Lloyd, I love your videos and I'm grateful to have had the opportunity to watch an awful lot of them over the years. I very much appreciate your deep reasoning and impromptu presentation style. On the question of whether or not it is good to reduce the amount of pain we perceive: It's pretty complex and I'm pretty much ranting, but it seems pretty evident to me that it depends on the situation. Pain is a fantastic source of information and even better motivator and teacher, so in most cases I would advise to fully embrace the suffering you're going through, because it is bound to become a learning experience, or at least a spur for (hopefully appropriate) action. But there are of course cases where pain serves no apparent function - phantom pains that you mentioned are examples of that, migraines, pain that is experienced by people suffering from some affliction on their deathbed, and more. So in case of most pains - I say let them be, because they force you to do something about your existence, which at the moment evidently isn't going terribly well. But it still is necessary to aim for absolute elimination of pain, so that we have tools to ease the suffering when the situation is determined to be hopeless. In general I think that taboo we have in the western culture around suffering and pain, somewhat paradoxically contributes to increase in suffering - especially that of the mental/spiritual flavor. Instinctive methods of dealing with your pain in context of a community, work great for "physical" pain (probably because the damage is usually visible), but fail miserably in case of "emotional" pain, where if you suddenly freak out in the middle of a street for whatever reason, you can't reasonably expect the closest stranger not to be suspicious or put some distance between you and them in terror. I just really believe that including a very carefully curated programme for psychology in public (and private) education systems would make life of way better quality for basically everyone.

[@whatevsimbulletproof]

This was worth the wait but please do more!

[@ClumpyLemons]

Thank you, Dr. Beige. This is just the placebo I needed

[@5harkeyGrant]

Excellent video sir. I really enjoy these longer ones especially well

[@TheAlex1121]

I feel thoroughly learned for having listened to this.

[@danielkarmy4893]

I am soon to commence watching this video while suffering with a terrific pain in my throat and an immune system battling valiantly to keep any potential infection at bay; like the hero you are, you could not have timed this better! For me, at least...

[@yessmabie919]

This was fascinating, thanks!

[@vintageequipment3768]

Thank you and Merry Christmas Lloyd!!

[@watch-Dominion-2018]

my pain of the absence of the Hannibal novel is still ongoing

[@sagagis]

Lindybeige is in the search of In The Search Of Hannibal

[@watch-Dominion-2018]

@@sagagis he's searching for the searching of?

[@puliturchannel7225]

It's up to the other guy now. Propably, despite him getting tired and irritated at Lloyd's slowness (that one actually really needs to make any story properly, in particular when making a historical story) at some point, he must now be experiencing a similar situation. He seems like a workaholic artist, like he has new projects all the time, and at the same time trying to draw Hannibal, so... Well, I kind of like it, the karma I mean, him being earlier so critical of Lloyd's unexisting "work schedual", and now having at least a very similar situation... They were too optimistic about the time issue to begin with, I agree they should had known better and warn people it might take some time etc. I think they'll learn though. Not to make story of that sort ever again, I mean.

[@davidpahtoon2277]

It's time for us all to congregate yet again for the genius of a topic being presented by the genius of our favorite Limey. Full throttle Lindy. Take me away.

[@malkomalkavian]

Excellent video, thank you

[@mareczek00713]

My personal mentality that kinda helps me when I feel pain is remembering that it's a friend - basically my brain tells me "Hey, dude, something is wrong there" so I'm checking of whether I injured myself or something and if not then it's just a signal I'm bored and not focusing on anything else than being slightly tired, just do my thing, I'll rest later. If it won't vanish in 3 days then I might consider visiting a doctor but it came to that just once, turned out replacing fish on the diet I tried to lose a few pounds just had me a bit low on magnesium, otherwise had no issues for last 13 years.

[@jvilkka]

This might be of some interest to someone interested in experiences of pain and medication: Years ago, I was being operated on. It was a fairly minor surgery, and I was wide awake the whole time (they had given me the option for general anesthesia, but that would've required me to stay the night). The surgery was painful in a weird way I cannot describe (they pulled on my intestine, among other things). I had been given something like an epidural prior to the operation, but either it was wearing out, or the pain just was too strong, so I did as I had been instructed, and asked for additional pain relief. So, they gave me an opiate directly into the vein. I had assumed that stuff would take the pain away, but instead, a feeling just sort of rushed into my head that I can't describe very well. It was like a wave of pressure that immediately dimmed all sensations. I couldn't even hear normally, and everything sort of felt more distant. But I still felt the pain. I just didn't care about the pain anymore, because the sensation in my head/mind caused by this drug was worse. I don't know if that feeling itself qualifies as pain, but it certainly was not a pleasant experience. I never want to be injected with opiates again. I did take some pills for a while after the surgery that were also opiates (I didn't realize that until after several days), and they made me constipated. Once I was told the drugs cause that, I quit using them, relying on ibuprofen which turned out to be enough. So, even more reason to never use opiates again.

[@martind7612]

1h+ of lindybeige never disappoints. I was a bit surprised when you said you sit a lot in editing. Maybe i am biased by the kind of videos i am watching - because they do not contain any editing

[@Sari36YT]

The lighting really makes this look like it was recorded in front of a green screen but oddly there's actually shadow hitting the background so maybe it's not? 🧐

[@joetaylor486]

What a splendid video, Sir. It may actually change my practice.

[@undergroundbass946fm]

My wife isn't able to take pain relief due to certain issues and has given birth three times. Yes it was very hard work on occasion and absolutely exhausting for her, however she never complained about the pain. Thanks for another amazing, interesting and engaging video!

[@James-ep2bx]

As someone who has to live with a brain that often under-reacts to pain, too little pain is also a problem

[@LuxisAlukard]

Great video, I've learnt a lot!

[@RealMoukeycat]

1:35 I had a massive stroke and have issues with "post stroke pain". I'm curious what would show up on an FMRI. About 24% of my brain's mass is gone.

[@evilmurlock]

Love theese human psychology videos. Keep up the good work :3

[@TheWinstonDouble]

YES! Hour another hour+ video. I have no idea what he'll talk about, but I'm excited! Hopefully goes into evolutionary psychology. I quite enjoy those takes.

[@euchale]

I had that experience post surgery after having my whole guts open. When I woke up I asked the nurse if I have to take my painkillers if I don't feel pain. She said no. I took exactly one pill and that was the very first one before I knew what each pill did. I was perfectly fine. I walked on day 2. I walked up stairs on day 3.

[@python27au]

29:19 I don’t know how many times Ive asked myself “why do i do this to my self?”. In the gym, on a hike, when did martial arts, what possessed me to join the army and why oh why did i stay in it so long, for years it seemed like i was just walking out of one form of punishment into another. Now I’m old and damaged i just have to get out of bed to feel like i’m abusing myself.

[@tonnywildweasel8138]

Too bad you can't say to a pain signal after the first time: ok, got it, now shut up!

[@MMSharpeningServicesWichita]

That would be awesome!!!🎉

[@technoman9000]

Snooze these notifications for 30 days

[@shryggur]

I want a control panel to my body so badly. Imagine falling asleep and waking up, postponing hunger and tiredness, and micromanaging mood with a couple of clicks.

[@biscuitsalive]

“Message received, now let’s have some radio silence please.”

[@RealMoukeycat]

37:19 I've had a number of heart attacks which were incredibly painful. I'm wondering where that kind of pain fits in this part. There's nothing to indicate a problem other than the incredible pain.

[@vincentcleaver1925]

I'm diabetic and I am living with persistent low grade pain from my left foot. I have a metatarsal bone pushing down causing callus which can, often does, lead to an ulcer. If the ulcer gets infected, and it has happened several times, i need antibiotics. So the best case is I'm in some pain, my body is junk. The worst case is I lose the foot, or worse

[@lawsonsmith]

Perhaps you could ingest 1 teaspoon of Tumeric a day - it has demonstrable pro-skeletal effects & benefits.

[@Milo_1368]

Personal anecdote about babies not perceiving pain. My earliest clear memory is of me sitting in my parent's bathroom floor, playing in the trash bin next to the toilet. I was covered in blood. I had found a disposable razor and apparently thought the shave gel smelled/tasted nice amd chewed on it like a sucker. What made it so memorable wasn't the blood, but being so upset at my mother's reaction after walking in. I dont recall it hurting at all. Another is when I was 5, I got whecked by the corner of a wooden swing and needed stitches. The only pain I recollect was from getting a local anesthetic shot before the doctor sewed me up. Seven stitches in all. Pain is entirely subjective to ones' experience, I suppose.

[@non5566]

So glad to see you in this format again! Thank you, sir! Wonderful content as usual.

[@s1Lence_au]

The timing is impeccable as I've been experiencing the worst pain of my life due to a tooth that needs to get pulled. The answer to the title is drugs, by the way.

[@Disgruntled_Dave]

Drugs are never the answer. Drugs are the _question,_ and the answer is "yes!" But in all seriousness, I wish you well in the operation to come!

[@NexVoidGaming]

Fwiw Tylenol + Motrin = same level of pain relief as opioids. No crippling addiction. Is hard on the guts tho. Don't abuse this information and consult with a medical professional before following ANY advice of the internet. But that's what got me through my tooth aches.

[@aoshi1992]

I had a kidney stone this weekend....relly sucked

[@dogshake]

@@Disgruntled_Dave Yeah no…sorry. I was born with a genetic condition which has essentially left me in horrible chronic pain nearly everywhere in my body. I was depressed and couldn’t live life until doctors got me on a pain medication plan. You must’ve not been through a lot of medical stuff, because everyone that has would agree that drugs are indeed the answer.

[@Disgruntled_Dave]

@@dogshake And you must've not actually read the comment you're replying to.

[@mattstroker]

Im a light blond, nearing reddish in the background, guy. I got electrocuted multiple times. 220v and 380v is my current record 😅 and never experienced pain from it. Well, not really. Electronics even became a hobby of mine later on in life. Anyway, don't ask me to pick up a pan from the stove bare handed like my mom or gf can. Also, sun, huge problem for me. Heat in general. Cold? Nah. I literally heat up a cold room when im in it. When at the dentist, i need 2 to 3 ampules of sedation before they can really go at it, while with others usually 1, maybe 2 maximum, are enough. I always found these things strange but just accepted it. Now it makes more sense to take a longer and harder look at this redhead phenomenon. Thanks Lindy! I hope your pain is manageable. You're not alone! I always try to tell myself we live in this day and age and in tge countries that we do (im dutch) so even while being unlucky enough as to be chronic pain patients, at least we've got that going for us. I think about people living before us or living in other countries quite often, where it comes to pain and how they must feel. Horrible. Also, maybe we'll be lucky enough to still be able to use neuralink pain modification for a few years when it gets there before we have to say farewell...

[@stonemorris5356]

10:19 I didn't know lindybeige was friends with Warhammer 40k Orks

[@VEE727]

I love this video. Thank you

[@christiankennedy9417]

Really important topic.

[@ozelhassan8576]

I’ve really enjoyed this video, very informative so thanks, Is that a sonic screwdriver behind you between two pictures? Also could you do a video on the items on your wall, I see two artistic drawings of birds on your right above the Dalek that’s interesting.

[@jammer2isme]

Long term pain management techniques became something I've had to learn after fun and games in the USMC. Learning and understanding the body's signals that something is WRONG and needs attention - essentially walking around on a broken leg since '92 - and understanding that while you've developed 'acceptable' levels of pain that you can function with, if you DON'T get it taken care of then there will be more serious complications and pain later. I've been scolded many times by my doctors for putting off or ignoring things that caused far worse problems than the simple fixes or palliatives that could have been applied. Every vet I know has been asked "On a scale of 1 to 10, how is your pain today?" by well-meaning nurses and doctors, some of whom should know better, and for a great many of us our initial thought is usually some dark gallows humor followed by fantasies of a right smack. We know they are trying to judge a subjective measurement but it doesn't help.

[@markedis5902]

I suffer from FND which is where the brain and the nervous system don’t communicate properly. As such I’ve been in chronic pain since 2018 with no specific cause

[@Scyzzles]

My mother used placebo to great effect when I was a child. Spreading a bit of butter on a bruise, placing wild arugula on a scrape, massaging the corresponding toe to deal with toothache. I figured out that it's probably not having any real healing effect when I got slightly older, but since it obviously still had an effect and got rid of the pain in my mind, I've kept using placebo medicine since. The worse the pain is, the more incentive I have to believe that just rubbing a certain spot on my body will get rid of it.

[@christopherconard2831]

Flying through the air and thinking "This is going to hurt". When I was 16 I wrecked my motorcycle. That was the only thing I remember from when I flew through an intersection before hitting the ground . That, and a missed diagnosis at the hospital later, is the source of most of my dairy pain decades later.

[@technoman9000]

I have dairy pain too, but only when I eat too much ice cream.

[@christopherconard2831]

@technoman9000 Autocorrect strikes again. I really should learn to check my homework before turning it in.

[@donmichaelcorbin4417]

Dairy pain is the absolute worst! Right up there with gluten pain...

[@corro202]

Great video.

[@RealMoukeycat]

0:31 I heard that science turned its ankle after one of the leaps. I was very painful, or so I'm told.

[@90mankku]

thanks again for some interesting thoughts one would not come by. here's few thoughts back: about the elder people from further away, we have similiar situation in Finland. We even have an idiom "to come to hospital carrying his head in her arms" and the next point you didn't mention is youngs with mental issues who cut themselves, partly to get attention, partly to gain relieving hormones

[@charliehall2475]

I don’t see any of your videos come up in my feed which is a great shame because I love watching them! Is KZbin doing something weird?

[@btc5903]

Lindy, what is the gold and silver thing behind you (not the dalek, the thing behind your left shoulder)?

[@bottominaplatecarrier1118]

that dancefloor story is pure harry dubois

[@vicino.]

What is harry bubois?

[@Maggot-Milk]

@@vicino. A superstar detective

[@balduran.]

Not long ago, I wouldnt believe pain is an illusion, but its true for the most part. Woke up with crippling lower back pain for the first time in my life few weeks ago as a 30 year old man, spent entire day in bed, cause every movement hurt and it scared the shit out of me. Getting up and trying to move or stand straight was hell for like half an hour every morning for two weeks. Only when I started to ignore the pain and told myself its just pulled muscles and it will fix itself eventually whether I focus on it or not it got so much easier and now even if I wake up sore and my back hurts I just get up ignoring it. I definitely did pull the muscles and the pain was real the first day, but it was so much more managable when I just accepted this is my routine now and I have to get stuff done regardless. And it got better very fast after that.

[@sebastianlucius1259]

The reason why no one can remember their birth is a reorganisation of the brain at the age of about 3. Almost all memories which aren't in regular use get deleted. The exception are people from the AuDHD spectrum. They don't get deleted properly and often keep some very early memories. So it's a pretty steep assumption to disallow conciousness to babies.

[@WisdomThumbs]

I remember being born. I remembered it so vividly as a small child, I would sit and wonder if it was a dream. Visually it looked like being pressed between two brains, but instead of pure darkness, everything was lit by the pink/red light that comes through skin. And it felt like falling backwards, headfirst, down a steep slide. It wasn't until I was a teenager that I realized "oh, that was a vagina, before I knew what vaginas looked like. Huh." I also remember my first dream and my first nightmare. And multiple times when my diaper was changed as an infant, including the exact words spoken some of those times. No surprise, ADHD and Aspergers here. Hmm.

[@milksheihk]

53:20 I sometimes have migraines with a weird proprioception distortion where the pain is sometimes perceived as being about 15cm above where my head ends, on rare occasions the pain has occupied a point in space within a metre or so radius of me that I can move relative to, I've found headaches can have size, shape, & texture.

[@AirLancer]

33:10 I thought the reason was that the mammals would chew up and destroy the seeds, as opposed to birds that would eat the fruit but leave the seeds intact. You actually say it later, and that's the explanation I always heard.

[@DetectiveMekova]

So my personal anecdote on pain is that once I twisted my ankle at work and had go home. When I twisted my ankle, I was in no pain at all. My ankle puffed up, and I had a nasty bruise. I carried on working for a bit but I knew I had to go home. I showed my supervisor the ankle, and he was genuinely concerned. Then my coworker came in, and she was flabbergasted over how bad it looked. That's when the pain started, and it didn't get better until I got home, and laid down. That's when I realized that every person handled pain differently, but as a social species we tend to use context clues a lot to figure out the appropriate reactions to certain events. As such, when someone says "Hey, that ankle is bad. You should go to the ER" in my mind I'm thinking "It doesn't hurt... but now I'm worried... oh and now it hurts..." I have a high pain tolerance until someone else points out that I need to be in pain.

[@Crowbars2]

Hi, Mr. Beige, could you please fix the Ukraine playlist on your channel, please? The videos aren't in the correct order. The first video in the playlist is part 2, the second video is part 3, and the third video is part 1. The rest of them are fine, though. So, could you please fix it? Thanks.

[@watch-Dominion-2018]

did you see Invicta's new video about Cannae?

[@richiehoyt8487]

I love the ambiguity inherent in the following statement: "Pain can sort of offer you a reward, and this would explain why people do weird stuff (....) - eat chili peppers, (....) run marathons; _they'll read '50 Shades of Grey!'_ " (My italics)... I wish I knew what this last represented; a comment on masochism? A book review? Or perhaps even the _enactment_ of masochism?!!

[@emmanuelmercado4018]

2 months ago I fell to the ground and stopped it with just one single arm, for one second it seemed I had plenty of time to decide how to go down... but I had one arm ocuppied with some silly cardboard, I rememer to mistakenly though not to use one of the arms... it felt so unhurried, not like movie slow time; well now hearing Lindy I see how the instincts are "given" to the concious (by the way my arm still hurts)

[@innovativeatavist159]

I concur with the point about molars being bad for pepper seeds. I think perhaps it could also have to do with the amount of scarification a pepper seed gets in different digestive systems. Perhaps some critters break it down too much.

[@Fallenangel_85]

The funny thing with empathy is, it's something you learn so you might not develop it much for things you didn't experience yourself. And you can learn to not feel empathy. (like when you live in a big city and walk by homeless people every day) Btw, Pain and pleasure are very close, it's surprisingly easy to turn pain into pleasure. (sadly not always) Pains make you feel alive and connect to your body. I once stepped on a nail, which went straight through my foot, I didn't even notice really until my feet got wet in the boots.

[@PcCAvioN]

I remember dr mike isratel saying foam rollers are basically useless because the supposed benefit of breaking down fascia and altering tissue composition is not possible at the forces a foam roller can generate. What the foam roller does do is overload the nerves of the area into a state of desensitization, which then allows for the percieved pain of movements to go away. The effect of foam rolling doesnt last long at all because the nerves reset back to normal fairly quickly.

[@karloswald407]

This was a great video but i was waiting for you to discuss migraines, possibly the least understood form of chronic pain there is

[@Bob-nd2mr]

A Pace Bowler in Cricket polishes one side of the cricket ball and roughs up the other side causing it to curve in the air and the "prediction" by the batsman of where the ball "should be" is different from where the ball actually is. Job Done Ref: Jimmy Anderson (England Fast Pace Bowler)

[@tonifakerman9639]

Very good analogy with the empty field vs rugby game

[@NaN-noCZ]

I think it8s worth a mention that leprosy can also cause direct damage to bones through resorption, and also deform and scar skin. This might help explain why losing extremities isn’t as much of an issue for those rare few individuals who are neurologically incapable of feeling pain from birth.

[@Bobbybobwat]

YAY, A FULL LINDY VIDEO!

[@ObsessionoftheMonth]

34:31 my nephew was about 2, started eating hot sauce at a restaurant, did not react to it, rubbed it in to his eyes, did not react to it. 2 years later did the same thing and freaked out crying.

[@jameshunt5316]

37:10 i’ve accidentally stepped on a nail and it went straight through and came through the top of my shoe. My immediate reaction was pulling my foot away and ripping the nail back through and out of my foot. Didn’t go to the hospital, costs too much. USA 🇺🇸

[@claytonmonk6926]

Hey lindybeige. Im sure youve touched on trench warfare before, but I'd love a dedicated video on it. (Unless you've done it and I missed it)

[@JonTanOsb]

I've been to the hospital, by ambulance, for back pain. Morphine did not help. What did work was a muscle relaxant. Give that a go and see if it helps your back. It might make you sleepy, but a nap is a good thing, too, to get rid of pain. I no longer take heavy-duty anti-inflammatories for my arthritis. I just deal with the pain. If it gets really bad, extra strength acetaminophen works. Cheers from your older doppelganger; 73 in January. Jon in rural BC, Canada

[@GlitchyRijndael]

I definitely have felt firsthand the oddness of the communal effect on pain tolerance in one of the most objectively measurable ways I could have ever imagined. My fight gym does timed ice baths as a mental toughness exercise. I’ve done it twice. The first time was in the dead of winter. I was surrounded by the rest of the gym who were cheering me on and talking me through it. I lasted 2.5 minutes in that ice water. The second time I did it was in the height of summer. I was alone. And try as I might, I was unable to tolerate longer than 70 seconds before I had to exit the ice water. It was shocking to me to look at the video of myself from just that prior winter and see myself sit in that ice water for over twice as long.

[@Lutan_the_fey]

What you say does make sense. I will give believing I will be fine a try.