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    Pain In The Odyssey

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    In the epic‚ pain precedes greatness. The gods often time cause the pain of the great ones in the epic‚ allowing them to overcome their struggles and therefore become great. When talking about Demodokos‚ Homer wrote‚ “ By [the Muse’s] gift [Demodokos] knew the good of life‚ and evil--- for she who lent him sweetness made him blind” (127). Although the Muse takes away Demodokos’s eyesight‚ she shows him “ the good of life” and makes him an amazing minstrel. In this passage‚ there is a direct relationship

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    Women are suffering

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    In Besi Heads short story "Life" the main character is murdered by her husband. He gets sentenced by a white judge to only a few years in prison. In Heads short story "The Collector of Treasures‚" the protagonist‚ Dikeledi‚ murders her husband and is sentenced to life prison. By putting these two short stories into their historical context to be analyzed‚ it would be so clear that there are certain issues that has been raised during the events of these stories like; sexism‚ representation of women

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    Neuropathic Pain

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    chronic pain: Nociceptive or neuropathic. On the one hand‚ a pain that is sharp‚ aching‚ or throbbing usually refers to damage body tissue; it is called nociceptive pain. On the other hand‚ a pain that is burning or heavy sensation‚ or numbness is caused for actual nerve damage is called neuropathic pain. Depending on the etiology of the pain‚ some modalities have shown evidence on pain relief. Vilmont (2011) talked about Dr. Potter who was studying treatment of opioid dependence and chronic pain and

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    Suffering in Silence

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    the outcome will be. Findings from interviews conducted from victim’s experiences in formal support‚ showed dissatisfaction towards outcomes and involvement of police in domestic violence situations. RESEARCH QUESTION OR HYPOTHESIS Suffering in silence. Why some women find fear restricts them to seek help in domestic violence relationships. Domestic violence was defined by The Royal Commissions of Human Relationships as ‘acts of violence by one spouse against the other spouse or

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    Sapolsky Suffering

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    Coming down with a sickness can be very disheartening for individuals who anticipate the symptoms to come. It’s expected to experience aches and pains‚ a fever‚ the chills‚ exhaustion‚ and a lack of interest in participating in natural occurring activities - including eating. Why do we experience a loss in appetite when we are fighting off a cold or sickness? Sapolsky claims that it is unclear since it is necessary that we conserve our energy to heal. While the reasons for losing appetite vary upon

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    Pain & Gain

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    Pain and Gain Love is something we all feel. Towards family‚ lovers‚ or friends‚ it is always there‚ no matter how hard you try to push it away. Siddhartha felt much love on his way towards enlightenment. He loved Govinda‚ so he set him off to be on his own with the Buddha. He loved Kamala‚ even though it wasn’t LOVE love‚ he respected her so I believe he had a sort of friendly love of Kamala. He also loved his son‚ and the pain he went through in letting his son go and live his life got him

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    Joy and Pain

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    Joy Cannot Exist Without Pain “It is always by way of pain one arrives at pleasure”-Marquis de Sade. This quote describes life and the obstacles throughout it. The people who have been through the most pain truly know what joy is. A lot of people go through struggles and pain at more than one point of their life. For some people‚ it is more enduring than others. However‚ everybody must suffer some sort of pain and must struggle at some point in their life in order to truly experience joy and

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    Pain and Discomfort

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    to manage pain and discomfort Pain is basically whatever the person is suffering it feels it to be. Pain is not always physical it can be social emotional or spiritual. Therefore we should have a holistic approach‚ this means looking at the person as a whole and considering all their needs. There are four types of approaches to pain which are known to be effective these are drugs‚ physical methods‚ self-help methods and alternative therapies. Before using any equipment to alleviate pain we must

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    No Pain No Gain

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    This is a well-known proverb already about related life-style. A period of pain in exchange of a period of enjoyment in future‚ supported by what is gained‚ life seems like a constant repitition of exchanging‚ or investing‚ to put it in other ways. No wonder there has been prevailing idea that people would labour hard in their youth and leave themselves smelling the flowers when they’ve accumulted enough wealth or get old.Nevertheless‚ success depend a little bit too much on money and origins. There´s

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    Emotional Pain

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    Evolution of the Self - Why We Hide Emotional Pain Instead of talking to someone about their problems‚ people tend to become unusually quiet or shut down. And what they don’t know is that their silence actually speaks many words. Normally‚ the main reason on why people don’t reach out is because they are afraid that they are going to get hurt again and feel even worse. Many reasons on why emotional pain may be caused include being insulted‚ feeling guilty or shameful‚ not being cared about‚ not

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