<p>I can feel pain in my arm or in my brain.</p>
<p>I have read that you can feel a phantom pain. As if the pain exists outside the body. There is a related process in the brain but the feeling itself seems to originate at a body spot (or brain spot if the pain is in the brain).</p>
<p>Does pain sensation arise in the spot where I feel the pain or in my brain? If it originates in the brain then how can I feel it in my body? (The same can be asked of sound and vision)</p>

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2021-07-17T11:46:23.067Z
What have you read on the subject?
Chris Rogers
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2021-07-17T11:51:07.057Z
@ChridRogers That you can still feel a phantom pain. As if the pain exists outside the body. There is a related process in the brain but the feeling itself seems to originate at a body spot (or brain spot if the pain is in the brain).
Deschele Schilder
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Does the sensation of pain arise in the brain?
Deschele Schilder
# Does the sensation of pain arise in the brain?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-07-17)

I can feel pain in my arm or in my brain.

I have read that you can feel a phantom pain. As if the pain exists outside the body. There is a related process in the brain but the feeling itself seems to originate at a body spot (or brain spot if the pain is in the brain).

Does pain sensation arise in the spot where I feel the pain or in my brain? If it originates in the brain then how can I feel it in my body? (The same can be asked of sound and vision)

**Tags:** neuroscience, cognitive-neuroscience, neurophysiology, neurology, pain

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> **username_1**: What have you read on the subject?  
> **username_0**: @ChridRogers That you can still feel a phantom pain. As if the pain exists outside the body. There is a related process in the brain but the feeling itself seems to originate at a body spot (or brain spot if the pain is in the brain).  

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