Why Pain Is Different From Suffering
DailyGood: News That Inspires - Apr 09, 2026 DailyGood News That Inspires Apr 09, 2026 "Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional." — Haruki Murakami Why Pain Is Different From Suffering It was an "utterly unfun experiment to be part of," recounts Cortland Dahl with a smile. "But it was also very illuminating." Lying in a brain scanner, participants in this research study were subjected to scalding water piped through a small thermode on their wrists -- at regular intervals over and over, for hours. Before each jolt of heat, a sound would signal what was coming. The test subjects were e...