IF YOU STOP TO PAY ATTENTION TO HOW IT FEELS YOU MAY OBSERVE THAT IT FEELS BAD. EVENTUALLY YOU MUST STOP PAYING ATTENTION AND CONTINUE AS YOU WERE. AFTER ALL AS DOSTOYEVSKY SAYS MAN IS A CREATURE WHO GETS USED TO ANYTHING. MAKE NO MISTAKE. THE ABILITY NOT TO CRY OUT IN PAIN AGAINST THAT WHICH IS KILLING YOU DOES NOT MAKE YOU MORE LIKELY TO SURVIVE IT
IN FACT DUE TO THE EVOLUTIONARY FUNCTION OF CRYING OUT IN PAIN IN THE FIRST PLACE YOUR REFUSAL TO ANNOUNCE YOUR PAIN WILL PROBABLY IN THE END WORSEN IT (JUST AS OVERANNOUNCING PAIN CAN WORSEN IT. LITTLE GOOD HERE COMES FROM ONE EXTREME). INJURY AND PAIN ARE LIKE CHEMICAL SPECIES IN A TRANSFORMATION REACTION WHICH SITS ALWAYS AT SOME EQUILIBRIUM. INJURY AT SOME CONCENTRATION, PAIN AT ANOTHER. THIS RELATIONSHIP IS DESCRIBED BY A CONSTANT. THE CONSTANT SHIFTS WITH YOUR ATTENTION TO FEEL IT. EVEN UNFELT PAIN REMAINS CAPABLE OF INJURY.
