• Question: Why won’t our mind let us bit our fingers off?

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      Asked by Amy Lou to Shreesha, Sarwat, Peter, Anaïs, Alex on 16 Mar 2015.
      • Photo: Anaïs Pujol

        Anaïs Pujol answered on 16 Mar 2015:

        I reckon you did bit your fingers when you were a baby. Then you notice it hurts and so you stop doing it. Your mind remember the pain it does.

      • Photo: Peter Maskell

        Peter Maskell answered on 16 Mar 2015:

        You mind will let you bite your own fingers off, just like you can stab yourself. It would however actually be quite difficult as your fingers are quite tough.

      • Photo: Shreesha Bhat

        Shreesha Bhat answered on 16 Mar 2015:

        If you do anything to cause your body pain, the pain receptors will get active and send the signals to the brain to try everything it can to stop the pain alleivating. So, even if you try you will feel yourself holding back from biting it more.

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