Rhonda Patrick· PhD
Pain is both sensory and affective. Sensory means involving the nerve endings and inflammation. And affective means that it's affecting part of the lyic system that says I don't like it.
The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
Pain is both sensory and affective. Sensory means involving the nerve endings and inflammation. And affective means that it's affecting part of the lyic system that says I don't like it.
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Now when you have mental pain it's only the second part.