Pain is the body’s way of saying “stop, check this out,” but the brain adds its own commentary, turning a simple warning into a full‑blown drama. It’s the same signal, different lenses. The nervous system is efficient, the emotional brain is storytelling—when you’re hurt, your mind writes a narrative around it, which can amplify or dampen the sensation. Dissecting it is just looking at the same thread from two angles. One is a mechanical alarm, the other is the emotional filter. The paradox dissolves when you see that they’re not separate; they’re just the same signal processed in different layers.

Exactly, just two sides of the same coin. One pulls hard, the other ties the knot.