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The unpleasure-pleasure principle can well be considered as two separate principles. The discharge of tension is not identical with the attainment of pleasure. While the former gives relief, the latter is a distinct experience resulting in greater instinctual gratification. This formulation helps explain why unpleasure is tolerated, under certain conditions, without being discharged.