Pain is expressed can be described as physical discomfort and is usually treated medically. In this article we analyze complaints of pain from a psychoanalytic perspective, taking into account several Freudian concepts. We base the article on experiences in a pediatric hospital, related to the treatment of patients with complaints of pain, in order to define and situate pain in the psychoanalytic field and distinguish it from the field of medicine. In the text, pain can be seen as a sign of suffering, and there are various ways to treat it, both from the point of view of the person who feels it and from that of the institutions that propose to treat it.
Pain; psychoanalysis; pediatrician; suffering