The same applies when a doctor vaccinates a small child I try to distract him by talking to him also serves the same purpose. Let’s focus on something else so we can ignore the pain!

Agree We forget the pain while we are doing something else. What is the logic behind it?

Let’s look at this biological phenomenon from a neurological perspective.

Pain has always been a complex phenomenon to study and difficult to explain, but in 1965 a psychologist and neuroscientist discovered How we experience pain He puts forward a new theory at this point and calls it the door theory of pain.

The gate theory of pain is that our spinal cord, regulates the transmission of pain signals to the brain explains the mechanisms. When the door is open, the signal goes to the brain, but when it is closed, these signals do not reach the brain and the feeling of pain weakens.

The interesting thing is that it is possible to close this door by undertaking a number of activities.

The process of feeling pain between the nervous system and the rest of the body an interaction and the onset of pain begins when neurons, which are cells of the nervous system, sense an external stimulus.

For example, when you trip and your knee scrapes on the ground, neurons are formed It senses this movement and is charged with electricity. In fact, this feeling occurs in response to temperature, touch, chemicals, and even vague internal organ pain.

At this point the relay race begins.

The first sensory neuron, ““Something hit us.” It sends its message to the next neuron, which in turn passes its message to the next neuron. In this way, the desired message reaches the brain in a very short time.

On the other hand, in the relay race from the body to the brain in general there is Three types of neurons play a role. The first-order neuron sends it to the second-order neuron in the spinal cord. It is passed to the third order neuron, which sends the signal to the brain. All these neurons are connected to the brain via the spinal cord.

The gate theory of pain states that our attention is drawn to the fascinating interaction of these neurons in the spinal cord away from feeling the pain suggests.

In addition, endorphins are the body’s natural painkillers.

human brain, releases endorphins to reduce the intensity of pain And neurons play a role here too. Endorphins therefore cause much less release of a substance that can reduce the pain signal between neurons.

In addition, dancing, singing or drumming, It activates the release of endorphins. This chemical release accompanies the increase in pain tolerance after challenging exercise.

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