Perhaps: pain is near-mode; suffering is far-mode. Scenario: my leg is getting chewed off.
Near-mode thinking: direct all attention to attempt to remove the immediate source of pain / fight or flight / (instinctive) scream for attention
Far-mode thinking: reevaluate the longer-term life and social consequences of having my leg chewed off / dwell on the problem in the abstract
Perhaps: pain is near-mode; suffering is far-mode. Scenario: my leg is getting chewed off.
Near-mode thinking: direct all attention to attempt to remove the immediate source of pain / fight or flight / (instinctive) scream for attention
Far-mode thinking: reevaluate the longer-term life and social consequences of having my leg chewed off / dwell on the problem in the abstract