Why Are Paper Cuts So Painful?
Paper cuts are tiny compared to other injuries you may have experienced, but they hurt… A LOT! This has to do with your hands being pretty sensitive, and the fact that the edges of paper...
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There you are, reading a book in bed after a long day. You finish the chapter and go to close the book and… Ow! Paper cut! Paper cuts are usually small and shallow, but they do tend to hurt a lot, for a few reasons. There’s the fact that most paper cuts happen on your hands, since you don’t usually try to move pieces of paper with, like, your legs. You’re going to pay more attention to an injury when it’s on a body part that you use all the time, your brain thinks about your hands at least 10 times more than your arms or your legs. And of course, thinking about your cut means you’re focusing on the pain. Plus, cuts on your fingertips are just more painful in general. Since you mainly use your fingers and your hands to feel the world around you...
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There you are, reading a book in bed after a long day. You finish the chapter and go to close the book and… Ow! Paper cut! Paper cuts are usually small and shallow, but they do tend to hurt a lot, for a few reasons. There’s the fact that most paper cuts happen on your hands, since you don’t usually try to move pieces of paper with, like, your legs. You’re going to pay more attention to an injury when it’s on a body part that you use all the time, your brain thinks about your hands at least 10 times more than your arms or your legs. And of course, thinking about your cut means you’re focusing on the pain. Plus, cuts on your fingertips are just more painful in general. Since you mainly use your fingers and your hands to feel the world around you...
