What is worse? Intense physical or emotional pain?

Question:I can't distinguish. Both are anguish.

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: I can't distinguish. Both are anguish.

There 's no such comparision....
any pain is painful....

I would say that intense emotional pain is worse, physical pain will dull and there are remedies to deal with it...whereas emotional pain stays and only seems to dull with time..

Emotional, it stays with a person and it can change a person.

Emotional i think. Physical is no joke, but it'll be eventually over and you won't be able to fully relive that pain. But emotions are easy to relive. For instance, if you remember the pain of losing a love one, the pain level is probably still the same.

Pain is pain no matter what kind. Physical pain can be relieved by meds. emotional pain is only masked by meds and often the consequences of emotional pain affects more than just the person hurting

Depends on how good your meds are compared to your ability to mentally dissociate.

Then again ... I would have to say the physical is worse. Although that which produces it can generally be seen and thus dealt with better, the emotional pain still isn't as bad. (unless you enjoy physical pain)

My logic on this is a little weird. But here it goes. I think I believe that all emotions, no matter how painful, should be embraced. In a warped sense I guess I'm saying we should enjoy our emotions, even the dark ones, because they tell us who we are. Knowing yourself is very important and fulfilling in my opinion. So, it rates a little higher than intense physical pain

I really dont know. I think it isnt a good comparison and you have to truly experience both in equal amount to be able to say for sure. But I think most people say it is emotional pain. I am inclined to disagree though.

Coming out of emotional pain takes lots of time. Sometimes one is not able to recover.

Physical pain you can recover over a period of time

Emotional pain for it can last well beyond physical pain .

both, because you could numb both with drugs

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Physical pain is better because you can deal with it immediatly and so can other people.

Emotional pain is a process of dealing with it and there are less guarantees or perscribed processes to successfully eliminate it.

Physical pain people will help you deal with more readily then emotional pain.