Dr. Rachel Zoffness
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 20 Jul
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He had withdrawn.
He was socially isolated.
He was not going to school.
He was barely eating, and he was sleeping in bed with his parents.
He felt terrible.
He felt like the entire accident was his fault and some other children had also gotten hurt during the explosion.
He felt like, yeah, he felt extremely guilty.
Absolutely.
So we talked about how our brain is our body's danger detector and how it uses all available information to decide whether or not to make pain and how much.
And among the things that our brain is using in any given moment is
is context what do i mean by context context means everything happening around us and inside of us in any given moment and by that i mean where we are who we're with how we're feeling even our past memories and and that's why if you stub your toe on the day you get fired from work
It is going to feel completely different than that exact same injury when you're at the beach with friends.
And it's also why, if you're someone who is interested in spicy sex, if you're with a partner that you trust and love and you get spanked and smacked and bitten, it will feel completely different than those exact same injuries when you are getting mugged.
Context always matters to the brain when it's deciding whether or not to make pain and how much.
Absolutely.
The context in which pain is delivered matters so much.
It's why things like distracting a child with screens will lower the pain alarm.
It's why going to a doctor that we trust and like will change the pain experience.
I mean, some of us, including me, have had this maddening experience wherein, you know, some body part hurts, your tooth or your knee, and you go to the trusted doctor's office and while you're sitting in the waiting room,
the pain seems to disappear, right?
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