Phantom Limbs and Perceived Pain | Jens Foell | TEDxFSU

[papafranku-jbon]

Every night, I can feel my leg... And my arm... even my fingers... The body I've lost... the comrades I've lost... won't stop hurting... It's like they're all still there.

[ericac.]

I can totally understand and relate to what he is saying. Not an easy topic for me to talk about but I’m grateful for his information. I’ve e gone through it.

[chappi-dzow]

Without the aid of narcotic painkillers, my legs (both missing above the knee) go from feeling im being electrocuted to feeling like my big toe nails are being ripped off in slow motion. This goes on every second of every day for almost 10 years now. Nothing helps except painkillers. Its almost enough to make me cry when I wake up on any given morning and my legs just feel like legs. No electrocution, burning, pins and needles, toe nail wrenching, just Never lasts more than an hour or two, but its awesome.

[stanleybertram]

the nerve that transmits signals to my leg is still their still sending and receiving signals. that is real pain.

[egoranonymous]

How strange! Last night, for no reason that I can figure out, my phantom leg had a Charlie horse that hurt so bad that what is left of my leg seized up. This hasn't happened in 5 years. Today this showed up in my feed randomly. I don't watch videos about being an amputee, this is where I come to escape being an amputee

[ShawnaGraham]

Very informative always wondered how the brain can do this.

[trizxful]

This is one of those topics that I find very interesting. Like how does the brain make you feel and perceive something as if its there, when its really not? I used to dread watching these Ted Talks but this one is actually super informative. Its really cool to learn about how the brain works certain body parts and such. If there's anyone with some experience with phantom limbs, I would love to hear your story about it.

[plato]

It's not perceived pain. It's real pain. I feel my missing foot throbbing right this second. The brain must have those pain signals permanently ingrained.

[wendyisgrowinginwisdom]

Thank you for this talk on phantom limbs. Have there ever been any studies done on the manner the nerves have been severed at the amputation site - clean cut, tear, tangle, folded, etc. Could this be a factor in the sensations being received and sent to the brain also? I had shoulder surgery and the post surgery pain in my elbow was severe - presumably due to overextended nerves during access to the bone joint. My elbow pain was resolved after a month or so. My husband has ongoing pain with an amputated pinky finger 1 year later. I hope more solutions can be found for phantom limb pain.

[trollbugzzz]

They should do studies on people with technical limbs like bionic and psychological drugs to test sensitivity I feel like people vary from input commands

[mohammadfaiz]

It is called law of projection no matter where the stimulus is being given our brain 🧠 stimulate the effect on the receptors

[whiskeytangofoxtrot]

What if we could use the human brain as software to power a robotic limb ? I am a bilateral leg amputee that suffers phantom limb pain, it's extremely unbearable and feels like electric shocks so powerful it takes my breath away. Someone please help !😞

[larrydockery]

dam right it will drive you crazy if u let it trust me i know

[artisticcreations]

I am above knee amputee. My leg hurts every night. The pain is horrible, and fascinating.

[ritarichter]

Ich würde mir wünschen wenn es deutsche Untertitel geben würde. Weil ich der englischen Sprache nicht mächtig bin jedenfalls nicht so gut 🙈

[Dustinpool]

The kid from Ohio that was amputated from his belly down and his arm had it bad

[rickt]

social media has the opposite effect lol

[PillowyMound]

I feel the phantom limb pain of his missing hair.

[timmy]

Hahahahah this guy is a voluntary nut case. Gender identity and all. Shaking my head.