Exactly! Which again makes me wonder how merely feeling physical pain, not even emotional pain, is supposed to get through to Elena. It's been pretty clear that she has frequently felt vindictive at the very least lol, and there's often emotion threatening to break through such as her jealously of Stefan and Caroline at the party, or even hints that Elena's dance with Stefan might be getting to her or that looking at photos of Jeremy and her old life make her feel *something*, so why is Stefan not continuing on that plan of trying to get Elena to feel those feelings and remember how she was. Instead let's just forcibly remove her ring, burn her with the sun, and stand there making with the concerned faces.