News Acute Psychological Stress Reduces Ability To Withstand Physical Pain

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A new study finds that acute psychosocial stress has a dramatically deleterious effect on the body's ability to modulate pain. The researchers found that although pain thresholds and pain tolerance seemed unaffected by stress, there was a significant increase in pain intensification and a decrease in pain inhibition capabilities.

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[shimmerz]

@anthony, I am not certain if this is a purposeful thing or not, but I am noticing that you are finding articles that are reflecting issues of the moment on the board. They are super helpful (to me) and I thank you for posting them:).