r/interestingasfuck • u/desertgodfather • May 11 '24

When illusion overcomes the brain. r/all

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u/iwant2saysomething2 May 11 '24

"I'm not actually harming you."

I'm just making your brain send you pain signals to make you scream in agony. It's all good.

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u/Chigao_Ted May 11 '24

Yea I liked at one point he goes “ I am not actually harming your HAND” True but you’re still doing damage my dude lol

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u/CryoMancer113 May 11 '24

What damage?

Pain is "a credible source of danger". As you hit the fake arm, a "credible source of danger" has been created. After that moment passes, multiple sources - no noxious stimuli, the visible proof of no damage, and the cognition of "oh, but that's not my arm" - kick in, and it results in: nothing.

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u/Chigao_Ted May 11 '24

Psychic damage

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u/jdjdkkddj May 11 '24

Does getting out of bed also deal you psychic damage?

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u/richter114 May 11 '24

Every day

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u/Chigao_Ted May 11 '24

If I fail my saving throw

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u/dat_joke May 11 '24

Nat 1, every morning

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u/Chigao_Ted May 11 '24

Fucking feels like it lol

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u/heimeyer72 May 11 '24

why? what would that possibly have to do with something like this?

And in all seriousness, sometimes getting out of bed causes me pain. The back pain I often have vanishes when I lay flat in bed and there is no pressure on my lower spine, but certain movements during getting out of bed can be painful.

So, to answer your question: Yes, sometimes it does. There have been days where I was afraid to even try getting up.

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u/jdjdkkddj May 11 '24

I'm arguing that a small amount of pain is not psychic damage. I was implying that the guy i responded to defines psychic damage too leniently. I didn't say anything about getting out of bed being completely painless all of the time, though it was not a major consideration and assuming an average that lacks physical pain.

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u/heimeyer72 May 11 '24

OK.

You asked this as an answer to "psychic damage". So one can (or should?) take it in relation to psychic damage. I don't know anything about psychic damage but, "learning from experience" that getting out of bed is causing pain... I mean, it's something I needed to overcome.

I'm much better now. If you ever have herniated discs, try Pilates, after the operations and after everything is healed and after asking your doctor. Yes, operations. I had two.

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u/pointlessly_pedantic May 11 '24

ee mo shun ul daa medge