This young man is literally "on pins and needles" but it doesn't seem to worry him in the least. He is Walter Easler, of Lorain, Ohio, and he is able to pierce his skin with impunity because of sensory anesthesia with which nature has endowed him. The pins and needles which penetrate his lips and cheeks do not cause him the slightest pain, and he recalls with amusement his father's perplexity when he was a lad as to how he could be punished since spankings could not be felt.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Aug 23, 2024 -
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Category: Body Modifications, Human Marvels, Twentieth Century, Pain, Self-inflicted and Otherwise
Posted By: Paul - Sun Aug 18, 2024 -
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Category: Exercise and Fitness, Patents, 1920s, Bodybuilding, Pain, Self-inflicted and Otherwise
Posted By: Alex - Sat Mar 18, 2023 -
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Category: Food, Experiments, Body Fluids, Excrement, Pain, Self-inflicted and Otherwise
Posted By: Alex - Wed Sep 07, 2022 -
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Category: Performance Art, 1970s, Pain, Self-inflicted and Otherwise
Source: Teena Dickerson, The Girlfriend's Guide to Football
Posted By: Alex - Fri Aug 19, 2022 -
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Category: Sports, Atomic Power and Other Nuclear Matters, Pranks, Pain, Self-inflicted and Otherwise
Posted By: Paul - Wed Feb 12, 2020 -
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Category: Inventions, Seasonal, Pain, Self-inflicted and Otherwise, Skin and Skin Conditions
Posted By: Paul - Thu Dec 05, 2019 -
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Category: Corporate Mascots, Icons and Spokesbeings, Comics, Homages, Pastiches, Tributes and Borrowings, 1950s, Parody, Pain, Self-inflicted and Otherwise
Posted By: Paul - Thu Dec 05, 2019 -
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Category: Death, Fashion, 1970s, Pain, Self-inflicted and Otherwise
Posted By: Paul - Sun Nov 24, 2019 -
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Category: 1920s, Dance, Pain, Self-inflicted and Otherwise
To reappraise a prior study of hangover signs and psychosocial factors among a sample of current drinkers, we excluded a subgroup termed Sobers, who report "never" being "tipsy, high or drunk." The non-sober current drinkers then formed the sample for this report (N = 1104). About 23% of this group reported no hangover signs regardless of their intake level or gender, and the rest showed no sex differences for any of 8 hangover signs reported. Using multiple regression, including ethanol, age and weight, it was found that psychosocial variables contributed independently in predicting to hangover for both men and women in this order: (1) guilt about drinking; (2) neuroticism; (3) angry or (4) depressed when high/drunk and (5) negative life events. For men only, ethanol intake was also significant; for women only, being younger and reporting first being high/drunk at a relatively earlier age were also predictors of the Hangover Sign Index (HSI). These multiple predictors accounted for 5-10 times more of the hangover variance than alcohol use alone: for men, R = 0.43, R2 = 19%; and for women, R = 0.46, R2 = 21%. The findings suggest that hangover signs are a function of age, sex, ethanol level and psychosocial factors.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Feb 10, 2019 -
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Category: Science, Experiments, Psychology, 1970s, 1990s, Pain, Self-inflicted and Otherwise, Alcohol
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