What is Suffering?
{{about|general emotional suffering|physical pain|Pain}} {{Emotion}} '''Suffering''' is [[pain]] or mental or [[emotion]]al unhappiness caused by bad things happening, like [[disaster]]s or [[illness]]. It is an important topic in [[philosophy]], and [[religion]]. Much [[health care]] exists to help people who are suffering. It is proposed to be defined as an unpleasant [[experience]] as it affects a person at a psychophysical and [[Existentialism|existential]] level.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Bueno-Gómez|first=Noelia|date=2017-09-29|title=Conceptualizing suffering and pain|journal=Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine|volume=12|issue=1|pages=7|doi=10.1186/s13010-017-0049-5|doi-access=free |issn=1747-5341|pmc=5621131|pmid=28958214}}</ref> ==Related pages== *[[Misery]] *[[Pessimism]] ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[http://www.peterkreeft.com/topics/suffering.htm Peter Kreeft] [[Category:Life]] [[Category:Emotions]] [[Category:Pain]] [[Category:Ethics]] {{stub}}