International Journal of Musculoskeletal Pain Prevention

International Journal of Musculoskeletal Pain Prevention

Pain Metaphors as Fundamental Factors to Mental Health.

Document Type : Letter to Editor

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Central Tehran branch
10.48311/ijmpp.2026.118493.82913
Abstract
Based on the research conducted and the literature background, it can be concluded that conceptual metaphors of pain play a serious role in the mental health of patients. Conceptual metaphors of pain, in addition to arising from the human cognitive system and expressed through words, can also target human emotions and psychology due to their metaphorical nature. In other words, conceptual metaphors of pain, in addition to having cultural roots, are strongly influenced by psychological characteristics. For this reason, they change the quality of life of patients. Interdisciplinary studies in the field of pain, which address cognitive, cultural, psychological, and even verbal aspects, can pave the way for deeper and broader research into human pain. Qualitative and quantitative research in the field of conceptual metaphors of pain is among these studies that try to examine pain from different dimensions as much as possible, because in these interdisciplinary approaches, pain treatment is also possible from different dimensions
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Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript
Available Online from 14 March 2026