Profanity Can Sometimes Be the Best Medicine, Increasing Pain Tolerance by ~33%
www.psychiatrist.com
Swearing can reduce pain by triggering a physiological response, serving as a distraction, and providing emotional and social benefits.

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Original Title: TIL research has found that swearing can reduce the perception of pain (providing a measurable analgesic effect) by as much as 33%. Because swearing is processed in so many different parts of the brain at once, it’s more effective than almost anything else at distracting from pain and discomfort.

    • @lolrightythenEnglish
      3•24 hours ago

      I have a lot of time for folk that have the right word

      Edit - this is my google-given def

      plo·sive Phonetics adjective denoting a consonant that is produced by stopping the airflow using the lips, teeth, or palate, followed by a sudden release of air. “they are hard-sounding words with strong plosive consonants” noun a plosive speech sound. The basic plosives in English are t, k, and p (voiceless) and d, g, and b (voiced). “a filter attached to your microphone will limit plosives”