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Why Do People Swear So Much? & How to Quickly Build Your Confidence

Something You Should Know

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The Role of Swearing in Pain Relief

S swearing has two mechanisms. One is the physiological venting part and the other is cognitive where it just it diverts a little bit of your attention away from the pain mechanism. The people who could say the swear words, I would say out of frustration and pain, they're saying that they can tolerate the ice water longer than the people who don't. So yeah, there's there's some pain relief. It's also in the back of my mind, doing another task like generating words to say also takes your mind off of the pain.

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