ELI5 Screaming in Pain - Why do we scream to relieve physical pain?

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Why does screaming relieve physical pain? What is going on in the brain when we scream? Plus a bonus question: why do some tennis players grunt when they hit the ball?

 

... We explain like i'm five!

 

Thank you to the r/explainlikeimfive community, and specifically the following reddit users whose questions and responses formed the basis of this conversation: needsugar_daddy, tacodelmorte, shamanicrabbit, 2as_ron87, alphawhiskeytangofu, jazzman23uk & madjohnfinn

 

To the ELI5 community that has supported us so far, thanks for all your feedback and comments. Join us on Facebook:

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or send us an e-mail:

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Why does screaming relieve physical pain? What is going on in the brain when we scream? Plus a bonus question: why do some tennis players grunt when they hit the ball?

 

... We explain like i'm five!

 

Thank you to the r/explainlikeimfive community, and specifically the following reddit users whose questions and responses formed the basis of this conversation: needsugar_daddy, tacodelmorte, shamanicrabbit, 2as_ron87, alphawhiskeytangofu, jazzman23uk & madjohnfinn

 

To the ELI5 community that has supported us so far, thanks for all your feedback and comments. Join us on Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/eli5ThePodcast/ 

or send us an e-mail:

ELI5ThePodcast@gmail.com

... we love hearing from you!

2019-04-19 6 min
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