Posted by hub (209.183.121.173) on February 11, 2000 at 10:41:54:
In Reply to: Weekend Discussions begins! posted by Mrs Holloman on February 11, 2000 at 07:27:23:
I don't think it raises ones tolerance for pain in the sense that it desensitizes our nerve endings. I think it gives us an emotional, psycological fortitude that others may not possess with regards to bearing pain. I still feel pain as intensely as I ever did. I may not even handle pain as well as the next guy(or gal)in the short of it; but I have dug deep to endure severe pain more than the average person, and that raises my tolerance for pain.