It really is true that our response to pain is in part a learned response. If your parents overreacted to your minor injuries, you’ll learn that’s how you’re supposed to respond to minor injuries.
Ever seen 127 Hours? When he cuts through the nerves? That’s what it felt like for me 1 out of 4 times. I don’t think it’s a pain response tbh. More like a similar effect to cutting on a video cord slowly and the signal getting distorted.
nope. I was awake. listening to the music they were playing and eventually just went to sleep. my eyes were already closed since the lights were so bright.
dentist actually woke me up and thought I passed out. said it was the first time he’s ever seen that happen.
had a good chuckle out of it and finished up.
in my mind I was on a beach with the radio playing at the bar/cabana. sun in my face, etc. it’s amazing how easily you can trick your mind into believing you’re somewhere else.
It’s not necessarily abuse to not react strongly to your child having a minor injury, but that could be a reason why. It could also be you learned to mask your pain to avoid further abuse.
I also have a stupid high pain tolerance (like making it through my vasectomy without anesthesia while only saying ouch under my breath, because my surgeon didn’t believe I could still feel everything), but my mom knew about this from her masters degree and applied it to me.
It really is true that our response to pain is in part a learned response. If your parents overreacted to your minor injuries, you’ll learn that’s how you’re supposed to respond to minor injuries.
Uhhhhh does that explain why I can shrug off pain that puts other people in the hospital? Was it the fucking abuse?!
it’s always the abuse.
my wife was neglected as a child and always told to “walk it off”.
our first child, she didn’t have any pain mitigation. the nurses were horrified but morbidly curious.
when she says it hurts I believe it would incapacitate a normal person.
personally, I have worked on mind-over-matter pain mitigation (I fell asleep during a root canal) but hers takes it to a whole new level.
Fell asleep? Or passed out?
Ever seen 127 Hours? When he cuts through the nerves? That’s what it felt like for me 1 out of 4 times. I don’t think it’s a pain response tbh. More like a similar effect to cutting on a video cord slowly and the signal getting distorted.
nope. I was awake. listening to the music they were playing and eventually just went to sleep. my eyes were already closed since the lights were so bright.
dentist actually woke me up and thought I passed out. said it was the first time he’s ever seen that happen.
had a good chuckle out of it and finished up.
in my mind I was on a beach with the radio playing at the bar/cabana. sun in my face, etc. it’s amazing how easily you can trick your mind into believing you’re somewhere else.
It’s not necessarily abuse to not react strongly to your child having a minor injury, but that could be a reason why. It could also be you learned to mask your pain to avoid further abuse.
I also have a stupid high pain tolerance (like making it through my vasectomy without anesthesia while only saying ouch under my breath, because my surgeon didn’t believe I could still feel everything), but my mom knew about this from her masters degree and applied it to me.
I have seen toddlers fall over and be fine until their mum started freaking out, THEN they start crying.