It seems that the very foundation of our striving as living entities is the avoidance of pain.
Almost every single desire/action/motivation at its root seems to seek an avoidance of pain.
Physical pain --> Emotional pain --> Psychological pain.
If there were no pain, there would be absolutely no conscious motivation/desire.
To be conscious is to sense pain and move in the direction away from it to stay alive/survive.
Survival demands that we sense some signal that is threatening and take action to move away from it.
Pain is that signal.
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