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Swearing is good for you

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Next time you stub your toe or bang your shin, go ahead and say it: Holy $@%#!

There may a good reason why we swear when we hurt ourselves. New research from Keele University's School of Psychology has found that swearing can actually have a ‘pain lessoning effect'.

The study, published in the journal NeuroReport, looked at the links between swearing and the actual experience of physical pain. Researchers had hypothesized that since swearing often has a 'catastrophising' or exaggerating effect, that pain would actually increase when a person swore.

However, they found the opposite to be true.

For the study, 64 volunteers were asked to submerge their hand in a tub of ice water for as long as possible while repeating a swear word of their choice. After this, they were asked to repeat the experiment, using a more commonplace word -- such as 'brown' or 'square' or wooden' -- they would use to describe a table.

And despite their initial expectations, the research team found that the volunteers were able to keep their hands submerged in the ice water longer when repeating a swear word. On average, men could leave their hands in 30 per cent longer, while women increased their endurance by 44 per cent. The reason for the difference in gender may have to do with the fact that men generally swear more than women, making it a more powerful expression for women.

"Foul-mouthed" volunteers also reported feeling less anxiety and less fear of pain, researchers found. In other words, curse words can help you cope.

Fight-or-flight response

The pain-lessening effect may occur because swearing triggers our natural 'fight-or-flight' response, researchers say. When the volunteers swore, their heart rates accelerated, indicating an increase in aggression in a classic fight-or-flight response of 'downplaying feebleness in favour of a more pain-tolerant machismo.'

"Swearing has been around for centuries and is an almost universal human linguistic phenomenon," lead study author, Dr. Richard Stephens said in a release. "It taps into emotional brain centres and appears to arise in the right brain, whereas most language production occurs in the left cerebral hemisphere of the brain. Our research shows one potential reason why swearing developed and why it persists."
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That's fucking awesome.
I'm tempted to try this out :D
 
I don't care if it will carry me back from the brink of death, I'm not going to spout profanities to "lessen pain" that's a lot of crap anyways.
 
"Mother trucker!"

"Holy spit!"

"Dang you!"

"Oh my flipping gosh!"

"Crud!"

"Arse!"

They seem to work just as well for me.
 
The last 3 replies are just sad...
This should be HoS'd.
 
Ryuutakesh! said:
I don't care if it will carry me back from the brink of death, I'm not going to spout profanities to "lessen pain" that's a lot of crap anyways.
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Profanities? IMO, they're just words. They don't harm anyone.
 
Aeneas said:
Profanities? IMO, they're just words. They don't harm anyone.
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I'm sorry, what?
Tell me why then, if swearing doesn't harm anyone, are people so fussy about it?

I say it harms alot of people, me included.
 
Diryn said:
I'm sorry, what?
Tell me why then, if swearing doesn't harm anyone, are people so fussy about it?

I say it harms alot of people, me included.
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You tell us why you're fussy about it then. There's no reason.
 
I fucking need to try this shit out.
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...I FEEL BETTER ALREADY. 8D
 
Then I am the most healthiest person then, and I will cuss if I'm mad and I don't give a darn who takes issue with it either, it's not none of anyone's business anyway..

Although for some odd reason I rarely curse online.
 
HOLY FUCKING SHIT THIS IS AWESOME.

Haha, my sister always nags me about "U SWEARZ OMG U BAD BAD PERSONS U R EBIL!!" despite the fact that she swears. There's a lot worse things that you can do than swearing.

Now, DAMN MOTHERING FUCKING WHORE FULL OF MOTHERFUCKING SHIT ASSWHOLE FUCKING BITCHES. :D
 
♥Lady Marie ♥ said:
Then I am the most healthiest person then, and I will cuss if I'm mad and I don't give a darn who takes issue with it either, it's not none of anyone's business anyway..

Although for some odd reason I rarely curse online.
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Same here. I hardly ever curse online, though I do occasionally in real life.
 
Politoed666 said:
Fuck yeah. I hear, you, bro. Have you seen the cuss haters club?
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Meh, no. I'm lame like that.

And how am I meant to explain how swearing is offensive to me?
It's not the easiest thing to explain, you know.
 
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