Pain (from an undergrad exam dissected for you) tid bits for you.

I am going through some paperwork and found old exams I wrote. The Assessment of three treatments for depression is too long to cut and paste. I will try to find the USB and if it is on it, I will post it. I wrote about another exam indicating pain below for you. It is just a tidbit from what I wrote because that was focused mainly on how the research is done which actually seems elementary to me now and would be boring for you. The paper was mainly multiple choice and I will skip all that. So for now, here goes some basic: People who sleep soundly and are well rested are able to tolerate pain more than those inflicted with chronic pain who cannot sleep. The Placebo effect is an inert chemical. It is normally a tablet of sugar and water made to look like a pharmaceutical drug for the client receiving it. The patient/client would think she is taking perhaps a pain reliever and in fact is taking no such thing. She responds as if the drug was taken instead of the placebo. I believe this works because the brain is fooled. It is believed that the drug would eliminate the pain and therefore it happens. It is the same as with people who take Tylenol (acetaminophen) and think it works immediately rather than after one hour. It is probable connected to Walls and Melyae’s Gate Theory of why some pain impulses reaches the brain and other’s don’t. I believe it triggers the same response. Endorphins could also be released the same way as thinking of something peaceful. It is the power of suggestion.