i can tolerate physical pain than of the emotional

when emotion is the target i easily get the melt d - i rather have the physical pain than emotional attack
Philippines
February 27, 2007 12:43pm CST
i don't know why i am so sensitive and fragile about emotions, i rather get physical pain to bare than the ones of emotional attack, such as insulting words, verbal abuse and other emotional assault. i just want to know if which of these can you tolerate more than the other and why...
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7 responses
• India
27 Feb 07
i think i fall under the same category as you do.my heart is fragile and with slightest of emotional assault i get hurt.so i can understand how you feel when you have to go through emotional pain. my friends say i should better be thick-skinned but no effort of mine has helped me. may be that's why my friends say that i' not sportive and my husband has to think twice before saying rude words to me.
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• Philippines
27 Feb 07
yes, indeed, as my partner says one accidentally, he feels guilty cause he knows how much i am that fragile in emotions. thanks.
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@doccolin (179)
• Romania
27 Feb 07
i believe in auto suggestion so i rather emotional, does that make me a girly pants :))
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@msqtech (15074)
• United States
29 Mar 07
I have been much more emotional since my first wife was diagnosed with aids and I took care of her until she passed now I cry at the slightest thing.
@SimplyJo (1694)
• India
28 Feb 07
hi - i am just like you , i'd rather bear physical pain than emotional. it really is hard for me. i especially can't stand - heartbreak - thats the worst kind of pain for me !
• China
28 Feb 07
to me, i can tolerate some slight emotional attack,but i rather get physical pain than anyone of emotional attack.because of that a physical pain can be cured sooner or later, but a mental pain will hurt you whole your life.especially the pain from the love departed.maybe someone who losing his love couldnt get rid of darkness for a long time.
@sweetsue (758)
• Philippines
5 Mar 07
Both pains are good sometimes as long as they are tolerable. Physical or emotional pain: whichever pain may takes place, it would always has something good to give to its bearer.
27 Feb 07
You should not have to have feel any sort of pain either physical or emotional, however I am not naive enough to think that anyone can live life without feeling some pain. Physical and emotional pain are very different in nature but one can lead to the other. If someone is physically hurt then their emotional wellbeing can really suffer, it may cause them to stop going out, stop being with people, just think about how a rape victim may feel, or someone that has been attacked. Emotional pain also has the ability to turn into physical pain, if someone is feeling very depressed and anxious, they may try and turn to physical pain to take their mind off of the emotional aspects or to avoid confronting the fears. You shouldn't feel bad that you are a sensitive person and emotional things affect you, but there is a fine balance to be had between being caring and emotional to that extent and to it affecting your own wellbeing. Take each day as it comes and learn to accept that not everyone in life is nice, not everyone is the sort of person you would want to know, to emulate, and do whatever you can to move away from those kinds of people. If you do that then you are on a road to reduce your emotional stress because you are helping to eliminate some of the causes.