Suffering is a pain or suffering.
Suffering is the suffering , sorrow or pain experienced by a living being. It is a sensation, conscious or unconscious, that appears reflected in suffering, exhaustion or unhappiness.
For example: “The situation caused me great suffering, but I have now recovered” , “The worst thing that can happen to a human being is observing the suffering of a loved one” , “Tomás asked me to accompany Hugo in this moment of suffering.”
Effects of suffering
In the face of suffering, a series of emotions or states occur, such as frustration or anxiety . Emotional suffering can also have a correlation in the body through thirst or even loss of consciousness.
Suffering is usually associated with psychological pain . Its origin lies in the reaction of an individual to a certain event, and not so much in reality itself. In other words, pain arises in the mind, and not in reality, since various issues come into play such as the fears , desires and demands of each living being.
Since suffering is inherent to life, human beings should not try to avoid it, but rather understand it. In the response to suffering is the way out of the problem and the path to a fuller existence. This is often difficult to understand in the midst of a conflictive situation, especially because pain blocks us and weakens us ; But showing ourselves defenseless in the face of misfortunes is our own decision.
Frustration and anxiety are states or emotions that can arise from suffering.
The animal suffering
Many times, human beings hide the suffering of others to justify our bad actions . This occurs especially in our treatment with other animals; Our species is responsible for the creation of slaughterhouses, zoos, circuses and water parks, for the design of domestication techniques and for laws that allow us to enslave individuals of other species to satisfy our own needs, such as the transportation of people and materials. of work.
How many times is there talk of the suffering of a poor orca who has been torn from her family circle, from her home, to bring a smile to the innocent children of the macabre public that attends a water park every day? How often do we stop to think about the feelings and sensations of a cow that is raised in a space little larger than its own dimensions, eating tirelessly to become fat and being slaughtered without even having lived? On the contrary, we talk about fun and food, two needs of every living being.
The human being and the generation of suffering
It is likely that humans are the only species capable of causing unnecessary suffering to others and to themselves. Firstly, since we do not have the physical characteristics to hunt, we do it artificially, going against the will of nature, which deprived us of claws, sharp teeth, speed and keen senses. But, in addition to physical violence, we are specialists in emotionally harming our peers and other animals.
People who dedicate their lives to rescuing abandoned and abused animals, for example, often tell fascinating stories of acceptance and adaptation by their lucky friends; individuals from supposedly opposing species who establish bonds of friendship, others who provide love and protection to those who have had the worst pasts, as if intuition led them to take care of those who need it most. Where are the mockery, the contempt, the abuse of power? Just in our history.
We are so used to attacking and despising that it seems normal to us. If someone is overweight, they are "the fat one"; If we are white and someone with dark skin enters our group, we call them "the black one." And so, as if we believed it was our duty, we label others, causing them suffering with our words, reducing life to a kind of hunting for differences , instead of accepting them and enriching ourselves from them.