This is a 3 part series on pain. It is meant to help educate you about the pain experience. The first part of this series is to help you better understand the initial processes that take place when you are injured. Pain is an emotion that you experience that is like an alarm system on a car. The alarm system in a car is there to prevent a robber from breaking in. Your body has an alarm system as well in order to protect you when you are injured or there is a threat to your