Pain radiates into her legs, making her feel miserable all over. Sometimes, it just hurts to move. “I find myself mentally anticipating all the ways it’s going to hurt when I actually have to move. It ...

Modern psychology reveals that forgiveness functions as medicine for both mind and body. Studies from Stanford University ...

People who are emotionally mature don’t need to hurt you back or prove they’re right. When they feel hurt, many people shift ...

If it were all that simple, pain probably wouldn't hurt so much. But there's a lot more to it. "Acute pain is usually evoked, but chronic pain can be evoked or spontaneous," Lawson explains.

Like a jab in the arm with a red-hot poker, social rejection hurts. Literally. A new study finds that our brains make little distinction between the sting of being rebuffed by peers -- or by a ...

NPR's Mary Louse Kelly talks with African Americans and the Culture of Pain author Debra Walker King about how Black pain can be a double-edged sword, used to both benefit and hurt Black Americans.

That pain is bad for you may seem too obvious to warrant scrutiny. But as a philosopher, I find myself asking why it is so bad—especially in a case like mine, where the pain I feel from day to ...

Lower back pain, sometimes called lumbago, may be caused by stress, kidney or bladder problems, pregnancy and more. Read on for tips on how to cure it.

Why does my stomach hurt after I eat? A number of factors can cause stomach pain after eating. These include bloating, overindulging or constipation.Discomfort can also be caused by the specific ...

So why can “small” things hurt so much? Pain as Protection. You might have noticed that my examples were mostly skin-related. And the skin is the first (and thus most important) layer of ...