system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: Sometimes when we hurt ourselves the pain doesn't register until after we have seen the wound. Why?
gpt
Adrenaline surpresses / dampens the feeling of pain and you usually only start inspecting your wound once that wears off.  Your body wants to maintain functioning until the immediate danger is avoided and it can safely regenerate.  


You can't just not look at it and it wont hurt, it's more like that you only begin seeing the wound when its starting to hurt.