Suffering And Pain Compare And Contrast

Suffering and Pain are alike but also differ, the same way that a flower is beautiful but so are the stars despite being eminently different. The main difference is that with pain there is not much of a choice as to when or how we experience it, while with suffering we put ourselves into a specific state of mind and choose to be pessimistic whether or not it is a conscious choice. Suffering can be avoided with effort, although it can be subconscious to put yourself through suffering there needs to be a conscious effort to produce a difference. In Buddhism suffering is believed to be caused by selfish craving and personal desire but that the selfish craving can be overcome. These are called the noble truths which are the basis of Buddha's teachings.

As previously stated; Pain causes suffering and suffering causes pain and while neither can be foreseen, whether or not the person suffers can be a choice depending on their attitude and outlook. The different stories that were presented and discussed in class have all dealt with someone dealing with hardships in their life and how the way they chose to deal with the situations impacted their life and death. In the case of miss Blanche Dubois, from Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams, she chose to wallow in her pain and lengthen her suffering; moreover, it was frequently implied that she had an inability to let go of her past and unfortunate happenings. Because Blanche was unable to make a positive situation out of her negative one she became psychologically inapt. There was a tendency of Blanche to blame others for her misfortunes and deny her responsibilities, because of this she became emotionally suppressed and unable to cope with her

She damaged her relationships with the people who were the most important to her and hurt herself as well. By feeding and nourishing her misfortunes with suffering Blanche was never truly freed from her pain, it continued to haunt her and follow her until she lost her mind. She was never truly able to achieve enlightenment due to the fact she lost her sane mind; furthermore, she lost her sane mind because she suppressed her emotions and was in denial over her situation. It can also be noted that Blanche inadvertently cried for help from the people around her that she trusted including her sister, Mitch, and even Eunice, only to have all of them disregard her and leave her. The disloyalty shown by those around Blanche resulted from her presumed insanity, which as mentioned before was caused by her misguided coping reaction to her pain. Instead of Blanche learning and building herself from the unfortunate nature of her past she chose to perpetuate her suffering; consequently, this lead to her losing her mind and psychologically drowning to death in her own