What If You Experienced the Most Painful Thing?

What's the worst pain you've experienced? A broken bone? Touching something hot? Maybe stepping on a sharp toy? In this What If experiment, discover what real pain feels like. What would be the most painful experience you could have? What different types of pain would you feel? And why could this pain be good for you? How does the nervous system respond to pain? Why is trigeminal neuralgia so painful? For the transcript and sources, visit here. Questions or concerns? Contact us. Get our 100 best episodes in one mind-blowing book: here. Join our channel for perks: here. Check out our other shows: How to Survive Your Body on Crazy Creatures Watch more what-if scenarios: Planet Earth The Cosmos Technology Your Body Humanity T-shirts and merch: here. Suggest an episode: here. Newsletter: here. What If elsewhere: Instagram Discord Twitter Facebook What If in Spanish What If in Mandarin Podcast What If is a mini-documentary web series that takes you on an epic journey through hypothetical worlds and possibilities. Join us on an imaginary adventure through time, space and chance while we (hopefully) boil down complex subjects in a fun and entertaining way. Produced with love by Underknown in Toronto: here. 00:00: Worst Types of Pain01:24: Childbirth02:01: Kidney Stones02:32: Toothache02:56: Cluster Headache03:32: Broken Femur04:07: Burns04:33: Appendicitis05:00: Trigeminal Neuralgia05:38: Tetanus06:13: Stonefish Sting #painfulexperiences #trigeminalneuralgia #nervoussystem ##Whatif ##KidneyStones ##ClusterHeadache ##Tetanus See show notes: https://inlet.fm/what-if-science-theories-possibilities/episodes/681d8672e64c4b83e7e5189d Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices