The “dismiss alarm” button doesn’t work as well for pain of either sort—I can temporarily suppress it, but it will keep coming back until I do something to actually resolve it - for physical pain, this is generally pain killers. For emotional pain, some combination of “vegging out” on mindless activities (TV, WOW, etc.).
For mild pain, it’s pretty easy to just dismiss alarm and ignore it. For moderate pain, I usually have to convert it in to something else. This is easier to do with physical pain, where I can tweak the sensation directly. I can induce specific emotional states, but it’s harder and less stable. For intense pain, I’ll usually be unable to function even if I’m doing this, and it will sometimes hit a point where I can’t redirect it.
Long term, persistent pain is also much more exhausting to deal with; this is probably some of why emotional pain is more of an issue for me—it tends to be a lot less fleeting.
Can you use this for non-physical signals, such as purely emotional pain?
The “dismiss alarm” button doesn’t work as well for pain of either sort—I can temporarily suppress it, but it will keep coming back until I do something to actually resolve it - for physical pain, this is generally pain killers. For emotional pain, some combination of “vegging out” on mindless activities (TV, WOW, etc.).
For mild pain, it’s pretty easy to just dismiss alarm and ignore it. For moderate pain, I usually have to convert it in to something else. This is easier to do with physical pain, where I can tweak the sensation directly. I can induce specific emotional states, but it’s harder and less stable. For intense pain, I’ll usually be unable to function even if I’m doing this, and it will sometimes hit a point where I can’t redirect it.
Long term, persistent pain is also much more exhausting to deal with; this is probably some of why emotional pain is more of an issue for me—it tends to be a lot less fleeting.