I'm not referring to pain from injury necessarily, and equating the two is obviously a mistake (as Wall makes clear). I'm talking about pain secondary to mechanical deformation, the sort we see in the clinic rather than the battlefield.

The suppression of ideomotor activity is commonly seen in people who express that they feel the pain but are not moving as any other animal would. Wall cites brain imaging that demonstrates a large amount of motor planning but no motor activity. What do you suppose is the impediment if not a lack of awareness?

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