What is unpain?

Unpain is the contrary of the pain that was there

Everyone knows this pleasure I have called “unpain”.
It’s the feeling you get when your back is itching badly and your nail reaches the right spot.
You go “Ahhhhhhhh”. That’s unpain.
At that point, your actions go wrong.
You scratch.
You’re supposed to groom.

The effect of unpain

During your first grooming strokes, unpain anesthetizes the skin.
The freezing effect of attacking skin is well known. Just think of why they tap your arm a few times before giving you an injection.
After the first few strokes, it blossoms into a pleasure and its intensity depends on how close you are to the source of the pain.
As you groom, you can feel that you're getting more unpain in one direction rather than the other, by grooming this way rather than that way.
Don't hesitate, follow the unpain.
Let it guide you.

Dealing with pain

I have to admit it takes some courage to put your nail into your pain.
Just the idea of touching some aching areas of your body may be frightening.
You must go slowly and intelligently.
Normally the pain should only last a second or two before unpain kills it.
You should feel nothing at that point.
So be careful, mostly if you are inexperienced.
You may be damaging your skin without noticing, maybe even hurting yourself badly.
The solution is to groom the spot for only a few seconds and then stop.
It may take minutes before the pain bounces back.
How bad is it?
Is it better or worse than before your grooming?
In doubt, wait until the next day.
Then, retry.

Pain vs unpain

You may not get much unpain when grooming areas that hurt a lot.
Your skin may have become hard like wood with little sensitivity except for stinging spots.
Some of you might even doubt about the existence of unpain, finding only pain.
In fact, your skin is so badly folded that its natural functioning is altered.
Regular grooming will slowly reestablish normal behavior.

Flavors of unpain

Unpain comes in as many flavors as pain does.
Can you compare a headache with a foot ache?
They both hurt but their particular location gives each pain a special flavor.
Unpain is just as position specific.
Every part of your body has its unpain flavor.

Scale of unpain

Unpain is a fleeting pleasure.
It does not last because it is directly related to your unfolding actions. You always have to work for it.
The amount of unpain you get while grooming changes continuously.
Your brain analyzes these changes and reorients your grooming strokes in real-time.
It's a bit like running after a speeding carrot and nibbling into it as you chase it. Sometimes you get a good bite.
On an unpain scale from zero to ten, you should oscillate between zero and two most of the time with frequent spikes of five or more.
Every now and then, say every ten minutes, you should discover a deep pocket of unpain with an average of four and spikes at seven or eight.
And then there are those rare moments ...
When you get a good jolt of unpain, you know what it is.
Unpain is comparable to other pleasures such as "smelling good", "tasting good"...
It's nice, it's fun.
When you get it, you know you're doing the right thing.
Healing yourself.
Unpain is like feeling your body shouting its relief.
In some occasions, you encounter enormous waves of unpain that can rival any other bodily pleasure.

Unpain is what pushes monkeys to groom.