>My understanding is that a side effect of endorphin release in any
>situation is amnesia. For birth as well as a tooth abscess or broken leg. One
>can remember having pain, one can remember it as severe pain that throbbed or
>burned. However, one cannot remember the sensation, only its
>conceptualization.

Hmmmm . . . guess my endorphins don't work.  I remember every labor pain,
and I *do* remember the sensations, clearly.

Kathy Dettwyler

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