Drawing upon ideas from Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT), we may describe the difference between pain and suffering this way. Pain is ubiquitous. All human beings feel pain as a natural part of living as organisms capable of language. Suffering refers to one’s relationship to pain. Why this is so is grounded in the relationships among experience, insight and values.
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Human Growth Through Insight 