Oh, to feel no pain
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381971)
Rockingham, Australia
April 27, 2020 7:23pm CST
In our bookshelves, we have the trilogy of the Millenium series – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl who Played with Fire and The Girl who Stirred the Hornet’s Nest. I’ve read them all over the last few weeks and now I’m going through them again. They are very absorbing but I’ve been so keen to find out ‘what happens next’ that I tended to skim read. With this reading, I am taking my time and can appreciate the more subtle details.
One character is unable to feel pain. This intrigued me so off I went to Google and sure enough, there is a condition called ‘Congenital insensitivity to pain (CIP)’ or ‘congenital analgesia’.
At first I thought how convenient but of course pain warns us that something is wrong and may prevent us continuing on with a harmful activity. People with CIP often die in childhood as a result of injuries or illnesses going unnoticed.
Have you heard of this condition?
Incidentally, the author of the Millenium series, Stieg Larsson, died from a heart attack before the books were published. It is said he lived on ‘cigarettes, processed food and copious amounts of coffee’.
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@Marilynda1225 (91069)
• United States
28 Apr 20
I have the book Girl With The Dragon Tattoo but haven't read it yet.
I've never heard of that condition CIP
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@Tampa_girl7 (54715)
• United States
28 Apr 20
I’ve never heard of it. It would be a terrible condition to suffer from.
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@Tampa_girl7 (54715)
• United States
28 Apr 20
@JudyEv it could be a dangerous thing.
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@louievill (28846)
• Philippines
28 Apr 20
I had heard stories in remote rural areas , people there think that this is some kind of supernatural power or gift or something acquired through an amulet or talisman
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@wolfgirl569 (135690)
• Marion, Ohio
28 Apr 20
I have a cousin that feel no pain. He broke both legs without knowing it. I have an extremely high tolerance for pain but do know when something is wrong.
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@wolfgirl569 (135690)
• Marion, Ohio
28 Apr 20
@JudyEv Yes he does have to watch more.
It is good sometimes.
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@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
28 Apr 20
I have seen the Swedish movie trilogy of the books.
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@LadyDuck (502316)
• Italy
28 Apr 20
I have only heard about the book Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, but I have not read it. Congenital analgesia it is a very dangerous condition, the pain is the signal of the body that something is wrong. If you get your fingers too close to the fire, you feel the pain and you pay attention, those with congenital analgesia get their fingers seriously burnt.
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@maggs224 (2317)
• Alicante, Spain
29 Apr 20
@JudyEv That's often true of other things in life when we look at other peoples lot in life and are tempted to say it is alright for them when they seem to have something in their lives that we don't have. At first glance it looks like they have it made but we don't see what negative things they have to contend with.
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@moffittjc (128832)
• Gainesville, Florida
29 Apr 20
The daughter of one of my co-workers has this condition. I had never heard of it before either until my co-worker's daughter was born. She has told us how careful she has to be with her daughter, and how closely the girl needs to be watched, due to her probability of suffering an injury or illness without showing any signs or symptoms.
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@moffittjc (128832)
• Gainesville, Florida
1 May 20
@JudyEv Her daughter is three now, so I'm sure it was tough over those past three years, but she seems to handle her daughter pretty well now.
@TheHorse (238298)
• Walnut Creek, California
28 Apr 20
Sh*t, it sounds like we share the same diet (to an extent). But I've already made it to 60. I've heard that those with Leprosy also suffer(ed) from the inability to feel pain, leading to the scars for which they were famous and shunned.
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@Deepizzaguy (122133)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
28 Apr 20
I have never heard of CIP before.
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@snowy22315 (208846)
• United States
28 Apr 20
I saw at least one or two of the movies. I would read the books though if I saw them somewhere cheap or free. I might even get them from the library sometime. You would have thought he would have cared enough to stick around until the books were published at least..Some people just don't seem to care about themselves in the least.
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@snowy22315 (208846)
• United States
29 Apr 20
@JudyEv I guess he didn't have a loving wife or girlfriendtomakehim tow the line.
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@RebeccasFarm (91299)
• United States
2 May 20
That is sad about the author for sure.
I did see the movie the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo..it was really good.
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
28 Apr 20
I didn't like the movie, but sounds like you liked the book? And yeah, Ive known of that disease, sounds inconvenient
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
29 Apr 20
@JudyEv Hmmn, I will save that until later
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@LowRiderX (22901)
• Serbia
28 Apr 20
To me, the writer and his books are totally unknown 
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@LowRiderX (22901)
• Serbia
29 Apr 20
@JudyEv With writers and music I am the weakest here on the site
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