Pain: The Science of Suffering by Patrick Wall is about the origin of pain, the science of pain, and why living beings feel pain. Early on in the book, Wall gives some background as to why certain people don’t feel pain. He told several anecdotes throughout the novel such as, “A Swiss Army Officer” and “Hospital Emergency Rooms”. He explains how some brave people don’t feel pain, or are more concerned with little things, rather than their amputated limb. One of the women Wall interview in the novel was a twenty-two-year-old Israeli Army lieutenant. Her leg was blown off in an explosion and all she could say was, “The pain is nothing, but who is going to marry me now?” Her and plenty of others in the book were more worried about their future
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He talked about how when one deer gets shot down, the others are emotionally unaffected and just scurry out of harm’s way. Wall then focused on each body part in the average human body and the pains associated with each part. He covered the basics such as the “head”, “feet”, “arms”, “chest” and “stomach pains”. He deepened his analysis of pain by differentiating “heart aches”, “heart burns”, and “heart attacks”. After which, he talked about the certain nerves in your brain that make you feel pain all over your body. He also touched emotional pain such as depression, fear, and anxiety. He stated how as a human, it’s normal to fear. He also answered a controversial question by stating that depression and anxiety are diseases of mental disorder. Wall later told the audience his purpose for writing this book. He said that most people these days are naïve and cannot differentiate myths and the truth. Wall called humans ignorant for believing everything they were told about pain. “Ignorance is never blessed.”, he states. He says how some people think that after recovering from surgery, if you move anything, you could ruin yourself. That statement, while false, was one of many concepts that inspired Patrick Wall to write this
He talked about how when one deer gets shot down, the others are emotionally unaffected and just scurry out of harm’s way. Wall then focused on each body part in the average human body and the pains associated with each part. He covered the basics such as the “head”, “feet”, “arms”, “chest” and “stomach pains”. He deepened his analysis of pain by differentiating “heart aches”, “heart burns”, and “heart attacks”. After which, he talked about the certain nerves in your brain that make you feel pain all over your body. He also touched emotional pain such as depression, fear, and anxiety. He stated how as a human, it’s normal to fear. He also answered a controversial question by stating that depression and anxiety are diseases of mental disorder. Wall later told the audience his purpose for writing this book. He said that most people these days are naïve and cannot differentiate myths and the truth. Wall called humans ignorant for believing everything they were told about pain. “Ignorance is never blessed.”, he states. He says how some people think that after recovering from surgery, if you move anything, you could ruin yourself. That statement, while false, was one of many concepts that inspired Patrick Wall to write this