Off the Cuff / My Other Journal

Pain

Which is the worst pain? This was a topic of conversation yesterday among a group of people I was with.

Most ladies said migraines were the worst; others said the pain that comes with cancer which can only be quieted with morphine. A man said the worst pain he felt was when he broke his arm. Someone talked about the pain of burns.

I thought to myself that watching someone else’s pain –mental or physical- had to be the worst thing, but I didn’t say anything, because I wanted this stupid conversation to come to an end.

To speak about something so unpleasant has to be an abomination in itself; this was nothing more than exchanging negativity. To form an opinion, one has to experience –heaven forbid- all kinds of pain.

All I know is that hearing this conversation was a pain for me.