And then you get to know…

1^st you bite your hand. Then force your teeth even harder. At 1^st it pains a little, then a bit more, then a LOT more. Blood comes out. You release your hand. It’s blue now, perhaps with a blood-clot. The pain is unbearable. You want to scream. But you don’t. Because you know it will heal with time. Next day, the area becomes numb. You feel a part of yours doesn’t exist and strangely, you feel happy about it. Because at least it doesn’t hurt you anymore.Then, suddenly, from nowhere someone rubs salt to that blood-clotted area. And the numbness vanishes. You realize, you have not fully recovered.

So, the question is, "where do you stand now?"