Effect of Pain Reprocessing Therapy vs Placebo and Usual Care for Patients With Chronic Back Pain an RCT, 2021, Asher, Gordon et al

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Those circuits cannot cause pain on their own and while behavioural responses can potentially be modified, the attentional and emotional responses are much more hard-wired than some medical practitioners or psychologists suggest.

Actually there are people who don't feel any pain at all. Some genetic profile. I guess we just need to think our genes to change, or something like it. It would be interesting to compare them, see how they likely have the same typical 'wiring' of pain centers.

It's really telling how this hasn't really affected "The Neuroscience", considering how it offers this perfect opportunity to understand this better. But it would be quite silly to risk killing the golden goose, so I guess they won't be trying that.