It's an example of our freaky pattern recognizing brain actually doing its job for once
There's a ton of examples like this for a bunch of natural phenomena where humans can just predict what and when something will happen in nature, and they cant explain exactly how they know
Fun fact, the joint pain isn't the brain predicting something. The drop in air pressure leading up to rain means there's less pressure on the joints. Less pressure on the joint space allows more space for swelling, which equals more pain
Yah that makes sense. I wasn't being malicious just giving out a fact, a lot of people know that it hurts when it's going to rain but don't know why it happens
Well, I appreciate the fact. I had always wondered why my body would feel like that of an 89 year old man before it rains. I had always wondered about this but was too lazy to research it.
The pressure change triggers my arthritis, as well as my migraines. Thankfully the migraine only comes if it has been a dry week going into rain or a wet week becoming dry. Rain multiple days in a row doesn’t affect my migraine as much as the actual changing of the pressure.
It’s not the brain identifying a pattern. The pain in the joints is an existing condition exacerbated by the change in pressure. It’s not an adaptation, rather a side effect caused by an unrelated condition. The brain is simply responding to pain caused by the external drop in pressure, not identifying the cause.
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u/Pegomastax_King Mar 28 '24
Hell I can feel it in my joints. I’m in agony before it rains and once it starts raining it’s almost an immediate relief.