Articles for tag: congenital analgesia, Human Biology, Neuroscience, pain insensitivity, pain perception

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Why Some People Never Experience Physical Pain

Suhail Ahmed

A child tumbles off a bicycle, stands up, and casually brushes gravel from a bloodied knee. No tears, no flinch, just quiet curiosity. For a tiny group of people, this isn’t bravery – it’s biology. The absence of pain sounds like a superpower until you realize pain is a built‑in alarm, the body’s smoke detector. ...