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ct girl25	Pain tolerance poll!	Lead	[-]
Posts: 1339 (08/04/08 23:00:40) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Tags : None Most of you know I accidently injured myself by accident this weekend. Well, apparently I surprised a lot of ppl by not going to the ER right after it happened. BUT...the bleeding stopped and while I was in pain, I got thru it. And then a few ppl said "you must have a high tolerance for pain". Personally, I do not think I do, I think its average, but I also have a friend that at the slightest sign of pain, calls the dr and asks for pain meds. Why am I asking this in a poll? When I was taking psych in college, I remembering reading somewhere that ppl who SI have higher tolerances for pain. I can't remember where I read that, but I did read it. Now, I do not know if my pain tolerance is high, I only know what something feels like for me. SO I wanted to ask...... How high/low is YOUR pain tolerance? How high is your pain tolerance? (Result) High Medium Low
never3nough		#1	[-]
Posts: 179 (08/05/08 08:26:15) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	i'm not sure how to answer this question. it depends. if its under a really scary situation, i dont feel anything. if i'm angry/fighting/raging, i really dont feel anything. if i'm really stressed/SI i hardly feel anything. tattooing i have a high threshhold but normally? i'm kind of a baby. things that shouldnt hurt me do. a rough touch can feel like someones pressing into my skin really hard. "And forget this wasted year, these wasted years Devoted friends, they disappear And I'm sorry about the phone call and needing you Some decisions you don't make I guess it's just like breathing and not wanting to There are some things you can't fake I guess that it's typical To cling to memories you'll never get back again And to sort through old photographs Of a summer long ago or a friend that you used to know" -Happy Birthday to Me I tried to pass for nothing but my dreams gave me away Is this the way a toy feels when its batteries run dry? Sometimes I find its easy to be myself. Sometimes I find it's better to be somebody else. So much to say so much to say so much to say..
ladyvet		#2	[-]
Posts: 3768 (08/05/08 12:36:50) Board Administrator and Moderator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I've endured a grueling 42 hour labor, gall stones, kidney stones, fractured sacrum, and a hysterectomy (after which I was skiing in 2 weeks). I have a high tolerance for pain yet don't hesitate to reach for the Rx pain meds when necessary. Cindy the Stoic All things bright and beautiful, All creatures great and small, All things wise and wonderful: The Lord God made them all. -Cecil Frances Alexander
Qelyn		#3	[-]
Posts: 227 (08/05/08 15:10:47) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I have had natural childbirth and wanted to do it again.... I have had 4 tattoo's and am currently working on my big one, the outline took 4 hours..... I have had many piercings, some I had to remove others I still have...... I can dissociate and I think that is where my tolerance for pain levels come from..... However I have a pain condition which is supposed to make me more prone to experience pain for no reason during normal stimulus..... I do take pain meds when necessary also..... I just think I am able to endure pain more easily than others, I don't think I feel it any less so much as I know it wont kill me and therefore deal with it..... With my last labor and delivery I experienced the pain in a fearful way since my son was premature and I was afraid of the consequences of his being born 2 months early so it was much more difficult than my previous labor and delivery of my middle child..... Q
horses soul		#4	[-]
Posts: 1 (08/18/08 22:35:52) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I have felt nothing when cutting/burning/hitting myself except relief.....I have pretty severe disc problems that I can't handle most of the time..(I get medication), yet a few weeks ago, I sprained my wrist pretty badly, actually tomorrow I am having an MRI to see if there is a torn ligament, because that didn't hurt either, so against the Dr's orders, I didn't stop working on our farm. Well, obvioulsy, it has ballooned up again, but the point is, it seems like any external pain, doesn't touch me....but internal, like the spine, pretty much like others if not more sensitive....??????????
XGoonieGirlX		#5	[-]
Posts: 422 (08/19/08 18:43:57) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I say medium cuz it depends on what type of pain. Like if I get burned it hurts like a mother jumper. But if it's like needles and IV's or scrapes and bumps It barely hurts me. Sorrow is not a raven perched persistently above a chamber door. Sorrow is a thing with teeth, and while in time it retreats, it comes back at the whisper of it's name. Dean Koontz The Good Guy p.249
myriad15	hmmm...	#6	[-]
Posts: 2300 (08/21/08 17:14:54) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	women have twice as many pain receptors so infact are more sensitive to pain, though that seems odd considering you go through childbirth..ouch. Tolerance to pain depends on what the pain is, the mood you are in and the adrenalin pumping though your veins. a constant throbbing...ie tooth ache is often far harder to deal with than say a traumatic injury. Because your body gives your system a shot of all sorts of goodies to deal with that kind of pain...longer term pain that dosnt receed could have a very different effect on someone who could put hooks through themselves or burn ,cut etc. i think people that choose to Si have a different reaction to certain types of pain than is normal...im not sure though i myself have thought this that its now anything to do with tolerance but more to do with a twisted reaction to certain physical stimuli...perhaps because our brains dont produce certain chemicals or have low doses....all this is guess work though. Its unhealthy to like pain yet thats something we all seem to share insofar as si'ers go. m y r i a d
tigha		#7	[-]
Posts: 3426 (08/31/08 06:04:56) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	cant really answer this , cos it depends If I inflict pain on myself or have an accident, I have a high pain thresh hold but if it is done to me such as when I had tattoes done,it was awful-as myriad says the mental,emotional state makea big difference- The thought of self harming fills me with horror when Im on planet earth,but If Im in a state, and bit dissassociated,adrenalin pumping,I feel nothing
mountaingirl		#8	[-]
Posts: 31 (11/14/08 21:01:07) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I read that people with BPD usually have a higher pain threshold and at it almost made me think that the diagnosis is wrong then because I don't have a hight pain threshold at all. That time of month I just feel like I can die from pain, every time(but then I've tried to think if it's just a way for me to get attention and I haven't found my answer yet). But when I was younger I picked at my ears untill I bled and then pick at the scab untill it bleeds, gosh I had scabs on my ears for a really long time and that pain didn't bother me(but I actually tink that you don't have as many nerves there so I don't think that counts. I really like dripping candle wax on my hands and apparantly other people find that painfull. So I said low but I am a little conflicted about my answer.
panicked mom		#9	[-]
Posts: 3 (11/16/08 12:06:56) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I have a high tolerance for pain, from not feeling tatoos to having a c section and a few hours later strollering the hospital not just my floor. I can dig and cut out hang nails and dig out splinters, I can deal with most pains and push through pains I do feel. Now when I am sick thats another story like now I am nursing some extremely swollen glands in my neck and I feel like hell and other than being sick I have pains from my fybro but those are deep muscle pains but I push through those when most people would be down and out with the pain.
Syndica		#10	[-]
Posts: 1 (12/08/08 21:21:19) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Hi there, Since we're talking about pain and how we handle pain. I always had a super high pain resistance ever since I could remember, whether it came from abusive torture, self mutliation "cutting limbs, or ripping or tearing off my own skin, and or burning oneself" or beening sent to the hospital serious medical reasons "broken wrists, and other broken bones, stabbings, and etc",but I never once complain or ask for pain medication. Basically my idealogy is that if you think of pain "omg it hurts hurts" yes it's going to hurt... my mindset is very different I don't know the reasons why. In my reasoning hey it's gonna hurt it's gonna hurt, nothing much i can do or change much about it. yeah there's medication and etc, but I just become calm and try to ride it out... heheh usually others call the ambulance for me because I don't usually think of it for the terms for my own health. Hello Panicked Mom, I have fybro as well and I push on as you do. I just throw my legs over my shoulders and keep on trucking. Mountaingirl, Everyone is different on how they feel which is pain and which is relief. I do the same thing to I like ripping the scabs off I don't know why, but I do know why I love to play with hot candle wax hehehhehehe because it's fun to play with. OK i'm a nutbar delux but that's ok. Syndica
Qelyn		#11	[-]
Posts: 436 (12/16/08 18:52:21) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I had to respond again to this topic.... My pain tolerance has changed, I have become more sensitive to pain.... I went to get more of my tattoo filled in and could only manage 2 hours.... It was extremely painful, I had to stop him it was so bad..... I also have noticed small bumps and stuff bother me more than it used to.... My mindset is still that pain is part of being human but I just have lost some tolerance..... However my fibromyalgia has been much better lately..... The geodon, and higher dose thyroid meds seem to be working for me.... Its actually exciting and losing some pain tolerance is a fair price for me to pay ..... Q
bpd3atsm3al1v3		#12	[-]
Posts: 1 (01/02/09 19:10:05) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	This is my first post, but since it's one of my favorite topics, what the hell? I like pain. Injury-type pain of any kind is great--the only thing I don't like is toothaches/headaches. I have 3 kids--1 was a traumatic c-section experience in japan (NO pain meds after surgery!), and the last two I had completely natural. My third was born at home. He was 9 lbs 8 ozs, too. I get off on my ability to control my body and its response to pain. Most people do yoga to relax--I do it to torture myself. I have become extraordinarily flexible from forcing myself to stay in uncomfortable positions. I don't know what it is - I recently had a BAD SI trip that lasted 4 months. I was in a dual diagnosis rehab for 45 days because of it. I just love the pain--sometimes I just want to see blood. I have no idea why, either. I realize that it makes no logical sense, but sometimes I feel like I'm going to explode and that works for me when there aren't enough drugs around.
Alexandrathelastempress		#13	[-]
Posts: 239 (01/05/09 18:37:32) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	My pain tolerance is very high. I once had my spleen removed and walked two hours after the operation.
erin		#14	[-]
Posts: 9 (01/08/09 10:14:58) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I saw a video on utube of proffesor talking about how a new study found that ppl with BPD have a higher tolerance to physical pain than regular ppl, but they have a lower tolerance to emotional pain , and i thought yeah that sounds about right for me anyway, just thougth i would let u know, ver intriuging subject..
Qelyn		#15	[-]
Posts: 532 (01/24/09 14:37:27) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Emory University did a study on people with BPD, people with BPD showed less activity in the brain centers that respond to pain than those of normal controls. It also seemed as though they had a stronger reaction to chronic pain than others. So according to brain scans in these studies we really are less effected by trauma related pain which explains the ability to self harm..... Q
dovemaiden71		#16	[-]
Posts: 11 (01/31/09 22:49:38) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Well I can tolerate alot unless I am really sad and depressed. My recent back surgery and following hip problems have me on alot of pain meds and I am still at about a 6-7 on pain scale. Its not gone very well for me. I would rather have given birth again! I have 4 btw! When I am in a rage, when I have totally lost all reason and sense of whats going on, I feel no pain, nothing. If I was not afraid of cutting then I know I could easily start. I put both arms through a window once, and a fist another time and did not go to the doctors at all. I felt nothing. I think I would rather have the pain meds to dull the pain in my head and heart more than for something "painful" with my body. Yes, Im ashamed to admit that. peace dovemaiden71
BPDpip		#17	[-]
Posts: 1860 (02/26/09 15:03:04) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I'm pretty sure I have a high tolerance for pain. When I was 21, I fractured a vertebrae in my neck and broke my nose in a trampoline accident. After it happened, Iwent inside where everyone was, sat down, opened up a beer and said, "that hurt. Everyone stared at me becasue I was covered in blood. I didn't start crying until I looked in the mirror and saw all the blood - then my friend drove me to the ER. lol. They didn't notice the broken neck because I guess it was in shock so the next week I played tennis and went to a Motley Crue concernt and danced my butt off. On the way home from that I was drunk and in severe pain (you know you are hurt if you are drunk and still feel pain strongly.lol) so finally I went to the chiropractor who told me I broke my neck. So yeah, my pain tolerance is pretty high I'd say. pip "I can lose my hard earned freedom, if my fear defines my world. I declare my independence from the critics and the stones. I declare my Revolution. I can learn to stand alone."
enigmalady	pain or wimp?	#18	[-]
Posts: 2 (03/21/09 12:29:43) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	hi, this is enigmalady. I'm posting in response to your comment about having a condition causing pain from an unknown etiology. ive been dealing with a similar medical situation and am wondering if you would mind expanding on your experiences. i realize that I'm new to this site and trust is very hard to win and am willing to share as much of my story and diagnosis as will make you feel more comfortable. I'm trying very hard not to be behaving so needy but don't really know where to turn for help. regards,
queergeek		#19	[-]
Posts: 1 (03/27/09 23:41:07) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	My tolerance is pretty high. I have been thrown off of horses, crashed through fences, been hit by cars on my bike, and walked away from it. I've also had back surgery 2 times, and had my spine fused with titanium rods to correct scoliosis. Usually people who see it happen just stare at me surprised, like "Really? I just saw you flip over a car hood and come down on the pavement, and your just casually standing there now?" I kind of thrive off of it, and knowing that I can shrug off something that would have most people on the ground in tears makes me feel good about myself. Cramps from my period however are another story. I'ts pretty much the only pain that really affects me, and I just want to curl up in a corner and dissapear.
heavy heart		#20	[-]
Posts: 15 (04/19/09 10:20:53) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I have a very high pain tolerance. I have a chronic pain disease (Fibromyalgia) and have been told that Fibromites tend to have a higher general pain tolerance than others. I've actually even in a way, enjoyed certain kinds of pains, which isn't normal I know, but a lot of people find themselves addicted to the quick pain of piercings or the pain of tattoos.. I'm pretty much the same way and was addicted to getting piercings at one point (I have 0 today, but at one point I had 17!!!). I never liked getting shots at the doctor though and bloodwork when I was on my medications.. weird, I know. That's my physical pain tolerance anyway.. my emotional pain tolerance on the other hand, not so good... I have trouble dealing with even little stressors and find myself overwhelmed over things that "normal" people wouldn't be... Good topic! _______________________________________________________ " Told I talked too much, made too much noise... I took up a silent hobby -- bleeding. " -S. Marie

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