Psychological pain, also called sometimes psychalgia,^[1] is any mental, or mind, or non physical suffering. Emotional pain is a particular kind of psychological pain, more closely related to emotions. Another kind that is commonly found is spiritual or soul pain.

In recent years there has been some prominence to quite controversial lawsuits in which the plaintiff seeks redress for pain and suffering that are not physical at all but purely psychological.^{[citation needed]}

Recent research in neuroscience suggests that physical pain and psychological pain may share some underlying neurological mechanisms.^[2]

[edit] See also

• Psychological trauma

[edit] References

1. ^ Psychalgia: mental distress. Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary
2. ^ Eisenberger, Naomi I. and Lieberman, Matthew D. "Why rejection hurts: a common neural alarm system for physical and social pain". Trends Cogn Sci. 2004 Jul;8(7):294-300. PMID 15242688 doi:10.1016/j.tics.2004.05.010

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