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Why We Need Pain to Enjoy Pleasure & Are Humans Selfish or Cooperative?

Something You Should Know

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Are There People Who Seek Out Pain for the Sake of Pain?

There are people who like eat hot peppers, but there's no real reward for that. It doesn't appear that it's anything more than doing it to see how much pain you can take. Some people fall in a different area of the spectrum and may more deliberately cultivate the kind of feel good chemicals that come from painful stimuli. And i think it's worth while to be curious about the ways that we seek sensation in order to feel differently, to feel better.

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