The Science of Why Swearing Physically Reduces Pain
The Science of Why Swearing Physically Reduces Pain
Science, Spoken · SpokenLayer
January 25, 201814m 25s
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Show Notes
For a very long time, conventional wisdom held that swearing was not a useful response to pain. Many psychologists believed that swearing would actually make pain feel worse, thanks to a cognitive distortion known as catastrophizing. When we catastrophize we leap to the conclusion that the bad thing that is currently happening is the absolute worst thing.
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