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Why Is An Itch Worse Than Pain Essay

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Why is an itch worse than pain?

When you’re in pain there’s no question to it. It’s there, whether you like it or not. You can get over it, you can think you’re being over dramatic but ultimately bruised knees are bruised knees. What is an itch? Dry skin? Infected skin? Either way, you can’t see it. Theres no evidence that something itches. Maybe it’s all imaginary. Maybe it’s not. When you work through pain there’s a sort of achievement, you’ve been brave. If you ignore an itch, the itch just gets worse. It’s just annoying, frustrating and unrewarding. I suppose emotional pain is much like an itch. You can’t see it and it’s impossible to ignore. Why is it happening? Who knows. Why do we feel emotion? Who knows. When we feel physical pain there’s evidence, there’s seldom …show more content…

Another thing I know, is that this is almost certainly my most predominant flaw. Whether this is because I think to much or whether this is because I think to little is a complete mystery. One thing I do know, however, is that it is quite possibly because I am so in-between. Much the same as Alexander II lost control because he was neither too liberal nor conservative, I feel like I am the same way inclined. When learning about the Tsar I empathised with this character completely, purely because I felt I could relate. Life is always led on the fence. Call me inauthentic, but sometimes it’s best not to make a decision. However, much like Alexander, I live a life that relies on decision after decision. I am not a follower, thus I cannot sit on the fence forever. Perhaps, life is merely a matter of the road less travelled. There is in fact no meaning behind anything. Whichever road you take is indifferent because who knows what the other road would have held. Maybe, my problem is that I take everything too seriously and too concrete. By necessity of putting such a weight on all of my options I leave myself dazed and

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