Dr. Rachel Zoffness

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360 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 20 Jul

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Hidden Brain · How to Combat Pain · 20 Jul 2026 podcast

Like anybody who saw that would be equally as alarmed.

That's right.

So this construction worker was on a job site in Colorado and he was using a nail gun.

And the nail gun accidentally misfired and it ricocheted backwards and it clocked him in the jaw.

But he saw a nail go shooting across the room and bury in the wall across from him.

So he had like a mild toothache and a mild headache, but he continued on with work and life for six days.

Wow.

That's exactly right.

And at the end of six days, six days of eating and sleeping and continuing on with life, he turns to his wife and says, you know, I think I'm going to get this toothache checked out.

So he goes to a dentist and the dentist does a scan of his patient's jaw.

And much to both men's surprise, they discover a four-inch nail embedded in his face.

That's right.

So nail guns – I don't use many nail guns, but nail guns can actually release more than one nail at a time.

They have like a rapid release.

So he saw a nail shoot across the room and somehow – not sure the physics of this, but somehow a second nail came out of the nail gun and it went up through the bottom of his jaw and into his face.

And I actually spoke with the surgeon that conducted the surgery and he said –

He's the luckiest guy ever.

That nail was protruding into his prefrontal cortex.

Now, how is it possible that someone can have such significant damage and such little pain?

Because this myth, this lie that we are all sold is that pain and damage are one and the same.

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