Saturday, January 19, 2019

Brain Pain: Definition, Mechanisms, and Address

What is this phenomenon that I am calling 'brain pain'? It is the patterns of aberrant behavior which indicate some sort of neurological deficit. That is to say, dislocations, decay, and destruction of neural structures from various causes including but not limited to, acquisition and integration of new information, pathological conditions, substance abuse, and environmental factors as they are exhibited in generally considered aberrant behavior but not felt as actual pain.
Substance abuse and nerve toxins are generally conceded to destroy neural tissue, actual trauma which is largely painless, brain pain. Acquisition and integration of new information causes the dislocation of synapses and dendrites, unfelt trauma, brain pain. It is important to note that the dislocation of neural structure due to acquiring and integrating new information, information overload, is as traumatic as a brain injury in its behavioral effects.
Any superficial neural trauma, not destroying the actual neuron, can be dealt with by creating new neural structure by thinking and hypothesizing. The process of integrating new information should be carried through to a logical end, to the degree possible, to diminish brain pain. Similarly, any microtrauma due to nerve antagonists can be dealt with by reading, thinking, and hypothesizing.
The point of the exercise is to characterize specific behavior patterns as the result of brain pain in order to personally better understand ourselves.
Do Well and Be Well.