Comments on: Painful relief for a guilty act http://mindhacks.com/2011/01/20/painful-relief-for-a-guilty-act/ Neuroscience and psychology news and views. Sun, 19 May 2013 06:21:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: I hate to bring up spanking again … | Crowhill Weblog http://mindhacks.com/2011/01/20/painful-relief-for-a-guilty-act/#comment-17203 Tue, 01 Feb 2011 12:03:19 +0000 http://mindhacks.com/?p=16836#comment-17203 [...] logic behind this post — Painful relief for a guilty act — would seem to support the idea of spanking. … pain has the capacity to resolve guilt [...]

]]> By: Erik http://mindhacks.com/2011/01/20/painful-relief-for-a-guilty-act/#comment-16744 Fri, 21 Jan 2011 08:37:54 +0000 http://mindhacks.com/?p=16836#comment-16744 Now cross this interpretation of the meaning of pain as a means of balancing guilt with understanding the seeking of pain as a means of quickening physical experience.

What do you get?

Pain as a somatic knife tearing away the illusion of not actually being present in the moment.

Pain as a pathway to understanding.

]]> By: Zack http://mindhacks.com/2011/01/20/painful-relief-for-a-guilty-act/#comment-16729 Thu, 20 Jan 2011 22:33:44 +0000 http://mindhacks.com/?p=16836#comment-16729 I wonder if chronic pain causes one to feel less guilt.

]]> By: Jacqueline Stone PHD http://mindhacks.com/2011/01/20/painful-relief-for-a-guilty-act/#comment-16727 Thu, 20 Jan 2011 22:26:04 +0000 http://mindhacks.com/?p=16836#comment-16727 “the effect of the painful task on ratings of guilt was greater than the effect of a similar but nonpainful task”: could it be that folks who feel greater guilt are simply more sensitive to psychological and somatic feelings – particularly when they are linked in a research study? Some folks are less sensitive to painful external or internal stimuli.

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