Full Idea
The truth hurts because it destroys a belief: not in itself.
Gist of Idea
The pain in truth is when it destroys a belief
Source
Friedrich Nietzsche (Unpublished Notebooks 1882-84 [1883], 9[48])
Book Reference
Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Fragments from the period of 'Zarathustra' (v 14)', ed/tr. Loeb/Tinsley [Stanford 2019], p.322
A Reaction
There are hideous events, about which it can be dreadful to learn the truth, but the unpleasantness is in the fact, not in the truth of the fact. So, yes.