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That story reminds me of the Stockdale Paradox:

https://www.jimcollins.com/concepts/Stockdale-Concept.html

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Stockdale

Whe sometimes I sleep on my one of my arms and they go numb, when I reposition and I start to feel it it comes with immediate and excruciate pain that luckily dies in intensity after a few moments. I wonder if this is just compressed nerves or it’s the blood supply that was cut off.

Is this an extreme version of the "pins and needles" phenomenon (paresthesia)?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paresthesia

ok that is terrible, but note that gently slowing circulation to arms or legs and then returning circulation is a simple theraputic action that has been used for millennia

Trying to understand the relevance of this comment

It was all a big misunderstanding.

What, the Vietnam war?

what in the world