pain is an unpleasant physical or emotional sensation and…
Page 43 pain is an unpleasant physical or emotional sensation and is considered to be wholly separate from suffering, which is defined as the experience of being overwhelmed, or defeated, by pain.
— from The Heart in the Cockpit (Emotion/Awe/Anxiety/Regret/Empathy) · 10 worlds new psychology of happiness
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Sadness and suffering. Pain and suffering are not the same thing. Pain is the raw sensation; suffering is the experience of being overwhelmed or defeated by it. And the root of suffering is usually a belief — the belief that you are powerless to solve the thing standing between you and happiness. — The Heart in the Cockpit (Emotion/Awe/Anxiety/Regret/Empathy)
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