Pain has appeared in philosophy from ancient times.
But now, philosophy is contributing enormously to contemporary thinking and understanding of pain.
In particular, enactivism and embodied cognition.
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But now, philosophy is contributing enormously to contemporary thinking and understanding of pain.
In particular, enactivism and embodied cognition.
Cont. 👇
#thepaincoach #pain
Both are helping to question existing ideas. For example, enactivism takes us beyond the brain as an explanation for pain.
Pain is of course, not in the brain.
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Pain is of course, not in the brain.
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Enactivism sees a person with a lived experience (embodied) within a lived world (embedded), acting in particular ways (enacting) with emotions and an extended mind.
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This allows us to account for the lived experience of the person suffering persistent pain in a way that ‘pain in the brain does not’.
Reducing the pain experience to anything less than the whole person in a world, in a situation, is like baking a cake with just an egg.
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Reducing the pain experience to anything less than the whole person in a world, in a situation, is like baking a cake with just an egg.
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Pain is a whole person experience. Person first.
This is someone’s life that they live, and only they live. Our role is to help them live it in the best way that they can—in their world.
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#thepaincoach #pain
This is someone’s life that they live, and only they live. Our role is to help them live it in the best way that they can—in their world.
richmondstace.com
#thepaincoach #pain
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