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FordGT90Concept
07-13-2009, 03:56 PM
OK America, I confess: Sometimes I can be a little bit of a potty mouth. (Mom, maybe this is not a great blog for you to read.) Yes, I know those dirty little words are unbecoming to some and I really should watch my language (and I really do try!) but sometimes, when I’m walking through my condo and I stub my baby pinky toe on a table leg and the pain takes my breath away and brings tears to my eyes and makes me freeze with my foot mid-air in ridiculous pain….well, I can’t be held accountable for anything four-lettered I may say. (D**n it!)

Thankfully, Dr. Richard Stephens and his team at Keele University in the United Kingdom just published a study that says swearing actually has a pain-lessening effect. (See Mom? It’s healthy!) When we swear, we increase our threshold for pain, meaning we can bear it longer and don’t feel it as much. Stephens is not sure why this happens, only that for some reason, “swearing appears to increase our pain tolerance.”

CONTINUED (http://pagingdrgupta.blogs.cnn.com/2009/07/13/bleep-that-hurts/)

Swearing is good for you! :D
WhiteLotus
07-13-2009, 04:24 PM
Huzzah for Keele University.

Although think about it... it hurts... best way to release the pain... shout. Or swear. Everyone does it, usually by exhaling, swearing is doing the same thing.
FordGT90Concept
07-13-2009, 06:07 PM
But, actual profanity is superior to other words in effectiveness by a very large margin. That is the mystery.

Maybe profanity releases adrenaline or something that wouldn't happen with other words. At the same time, why would words have that effect on some one's physiology like that? Very mysterious.
Wile E
07-13-2009, 07:59 PM
But, actual profanity is superior to other words in effectiveness by a very large margin. That is the mystery.

Maybe profanity releases adrenaline or something that wouldn't happen with other words. At the same time, why would words have that effect on some one's physiology like that? Very mysterious.

I think it's because we've been programmed to believe swearing is bad, so it gives a bit of a "rush" to swear, knowing you are doing something wrong.

If swear words ever became acceptable, I'm sure this effect may be lost.
JC316
07-13-2009, 08:01 PM
Hmm, no wonder I am so tough.
SK-1
07-14-2009, 05:14 AM
Good story.
I have been known to swear on rare occasions.
But when you really think about it...Swearing is nothing more than a vain attempt of a feeble mind to express itself forcefully.:)