What do you think pain is?

• What can pain feel like? Any picture words you can think of?

What do you think happens inside your body for you to feel hurt/sore?

• Or ‘how do you think pain is made inside your body?’

What do you think of when you hear the word ‘injury’?

Can someone be injured but have no pain?

Can someone have pain but not be injured?

• Where did you learn about that?

The job of eyes is to see. The job of ears is to hear. The job of the nose is to _______? And if pain were to have a job, what do you think the job of pain would be?

Why does pain last a long time for some people and not for others?

Do you think pain is always real?

I want you to draw whatever the word ‘pain’ makes you think of.

Draw where you think your brain, spinal cord and nerves are with three different coloured pencils on the diagram.

What do you think is happening inside this man’s body (cartoon character in a video) when he puts his hand on the stove?

• Why does not his hand just stay on the stove top?

Do you think this cartoon character can have pain without knowing about it?

• Or ‘…without being aware of it?’

Let us pretend this character has had pain for a long time. If he feels sad, do you think this would change his pain?

• If yes: Do you think his pain would be more/less/bigger/smaller/stronger/quieter?

• How do you think he could make his pain feel different/better/worse?