Swearing Increases Pain Tolerance & Strength

[Melensdad]

If this is true then I am a M-F'ing super hero.

Swearing is linked with increased pain tolerance and strength

If you stub your toe or slam your finger in a door, there’s a good chance the first thing out of your mouth is a four-letter word. But although swearing is a near-universal feature of language, it is still considered taboo by many. Olly Robertson is not one of them. “It’s something that we all...

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Swearing is linked with increased pain tolerance and strength​

Tue, March 4, 2025 at 9:58 AM CST​

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If you stub your toe or slam your finger in a door, there’s a good chance the first thing out of your mouth is a four-letter word. But although swearing is a near-universal feature of language, it is still considered taboo by many.​

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Olly Robertson is not one of them. “It’s something that we all share, and it is really magical. It holds so much power over us as societies,” said Robertson, a psychology researcher at the University of Oxford. “It does something for us.”​

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One of those things is an increase in pain tolerance.​

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Swearing is “a drug-free, calorie-neutral, cost-free means of self-help,” said Richard Stephens, a researcher and senior lecturer in psychology at Keele University in England.​

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Researchers are working to understand the mechanisms underlying swearing’s impact in a number of circumstances, with a major focus on pain. With that knowledge, Stephens said, swearing can more effectively be used in a clinical setting.​

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Pain reduction through swearing​

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In 2009, Stephens and his colleagues published the first study linking swearing with hypoalgesia - a reduced sensitivity to pain. Subjects were asked to participate in a cold pressor task, in which they held their hands in ice water for as long as possible while repeating either a swear word of their choosing or a non-swear word. Swearing was associated with not only increased pain tolerance but also decreased perceived pain.​

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Studies followed showing similar, yet sometimes varied, effects. In 2020, for instance, Stephens and Robertson investigated the use of the swear “f---” compared with a neutral word and two made-up swear words - “fouch” and “twizpipe” - and found that swearing was linked with increased pain tolerance but had no significant effect on pain perception. . . . STORY CONTINUES at link.​

 

[pirate_girl]

I say a lot of bad words at times when I'm super angry, but never take the Lord's name in vain.

 

[waybomb]

Don't be around me if I'm working on something mechanical, it's not going well, and I can blame a mf'ing engineer.
Or driving in downtown Chicago.

 

[XeVfTEUtaAqJHTqq]

Always would go through a whole swearing at myself session before big lifts when I used to powerlift. Still let it flow when I have to do strenuous things like standing up or walking around ... ok ... I just like to swear.

 

[FrancSevin]

As I said in another thread, my French is colorful and horrid. That it is supposed to help with pain tolerance means I am not doing it often enough nor loud enough. Something to consider.
Perhaps I should try harder!
Easy.