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[–]HopeThatHalps 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I don't think they're really feeling the pain, because their eyes aren't wincing. I think their brain must be pumping out the maximum amount of endorphins it's capable of producing, combined with very low blood pressure, which is probably something like being drunk. Imagine being terrified, drunk and high all at the same time. The same thing is seen in animals that are being eaten alive by bigger predators.

[–]Jaylou 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Fascinating & terrifying. Worst one I've seen is the only non-suicide one I've come across; the young girl who'd been hit by a car and cut in half, her mother comes over screaming and she's just lay there vaguely staring about. That one really stayed with me.