People modify their behaviors quickly to avoid pain if there's a clear and rapid connection between the pain and a pain-causing stimulus.
If only! I've been sitting in ways that cause me pain for YEARS. I know that is causes me pain, the pain develops within minutes but I KEEP DOING IT. Why? Because other than the part that hurts it's actually quite comfortable. So you really have to have not only pain but pain that is considered worse than the associated positive effect of the same behavior.
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Date: 2011-01-13 06:32 am (UTC)If only! I've been sitting in ways that cause me pain for YEARS. I know that is causes me pain, the pain develops within minutes but I KEEP DOING IT. Why? Because other than the part that hurts it's actually quite comfortable. So you really have to have not only pain but pain that is considered worse than the associated positive effect of the same behavior.
See also: masochists