#@*! Swearing really is a powerful painkiller

**BadlandsVikings** · 04-19-2011, 05:32 PM

Next time you stub your toe, go ahead and let those four-letter words fly. Cursing actually does help dull our perception of pain, new research suggests........

http://bodyodd.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/04/18/6489832-swearing-really-is-a-powerful-painkiller-study-shows?GT1=43001

**Mr Anderson** · 04-19-2011, 05:59 PM

It's interesting how something socially constructed can have a psychosomatic impact.

I'm curious to how the experiment was constructed, they must have gotten a control reading(unless they just used two groups and averaged it, but they mention individuals later on in the article.)

If they were to do step by step:
-Submerge while swearing
-Submerge while not swearing
Instead of the other way around, I wonder if results would stay the same. I think that the second exposure to the cold water is what caused the increased tolerance, they were less shocked, more prepared for the cold.