Pain

"It’s funny, I used to be so concerned with who I was and what I wanted to be and, now that I have access to the furthest reaches of my brain, I see things clearly and realize that what makes us, it’s primitive. They’re all obstacles. Does that make any sense? Like this pain you’re experiencing, it’s blocking you from understanding. All you know now is pain, that’s all you know, pain."

Pain can bring about many changes, some good, some bad. Pain is in the perception of the beholder. Emotional pain, while burning deep in the beginning, blossoms into found memories of loved ones. Pain, while dynamic, appears binary to me. Yes, there is a nothingness in the early stages, stages that may last years, but like all things, memories of pain become numb, allowing us to push through our torment and move forward. What properties of pain allow this evolution? I'd guess it's memory. We have documented evidence that memory changes in some individuals over time, leading to Althzeimer's Disease or other forms of dementia. We understand the physical changes of the brain, but what initiates these changes. Could a pain so deep alter our functions of memory? A self-preservation mechanism. But with diminishes with memory comes decline in physical health. Is this the yin-yang?