do you moan about every nick, scratch, scrape, sneeze, sniffle and stubbed toe in life, or do you generally grin and bear it?

what's the worst pain you've ever felt?

be honest.

labour contractions
followed by when the pain killers wore off after my episiotomy that stung like the worst papercut in the world.

I'm decent with actual pain, but I'm awful with the anticipation or sudden shock of it.

The worst pain I've ever felt? Probably getting a nerve cauterized with a red-hot dental explorer during a root canal when I was 12 or 13.

Another time would be when I was working on my house and hit my thumb square on at significant force with a hammer. I literally collapsed at the knees and peed myself slightly. I broke out in a sweat and had to get fresh air and sit down for awhile. Amazingly, I hadn't shattered any bones or anything.
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Lammastide said:

And those sissy girls think giving birth to a baby human hurts pfffttt

I have a high pain threshold

giving birth twice unmedicated, was nothing to kidney stone pain

and mental pain can be just as bad as any physical pain

Nothing really has caused to much complaint ...two c sections ....pretty much grin and bare it when sick ...men on the other hand are such babies
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a cricket ball in the bollox takes some beating

endymion said:

Hey, I'm not saying that matches childbirth. But men and women perhaps operate on two different standards. I wasn't designed to handle pregnancy-level pain.

ocean said:

You have obviously never had Manflu

Mach said:

Ohhhh... well if we're counting that sort of thing, I'd list the better part of 2000-2002.

endymion said:

have u seen my penis?

ocean said:

I must add that to the 'Tell an orger what u want to see' thread

endymion said:

I tend to grin and bear it... tho most pain i've had that I can think of has been self inflicted - child birth (which was actually fine), tattoo and years ago when I had my belly button pierced... I couldn't whine over any of that. Luckily i've never broken a bone or even been stung by a bee or wasp - I'd probably be a wuss with something like that.

I don't make much fuss with colds and illness, looking after 2 kids you just have to get on with it.. and my husband doesn't look after me either

florescent said:

and my husband doesn't look after me either

how rude

Mine is very high! Gave birth to all my kids with out the aid of meds! I have no real problem with it at all.

hemphizzx said:

I still hold a grudge about the time I went into hospital to have my tonsils out and he went out on the razz....he couldn't pick me up the next day cos he was too hungover. The git!
Now he doesn't get any sympathy from me either!

florescent said:

MoniGram said:

Maybe you just have a bucket fannie..







j/k

I would say mine is pretty high. I once put a garden fork through my foot and didn't even notice.

i can take pain like burns pretty ok. i don't complain a lot about general stuff.

labour was really the worst pain ever though.

about childbirth if it was that bad you wouldnt have another!!!! unlike getting a cricket ball in the bollox which i wouldnt want twice!!!!


joke

the most pain ive been in is with Sciatica felt like red hot molten fire going up both my legs to my lower back

Throat and stomach pain after having throat surgery was brutal.
Labor contractions felt, like someone was tearing my insides apart.
Never really complained much, just took the pain...what else could I do? Complaining wasnt going to make it go away...

I think I have a high tolerance for pain

Pain threshold is high.

Childbirth was a walk in the park compared to a toothache I once had. Brutal.

JustErin said:

a toothache can put a person in fetal position

oldpurple said:

only for the drugs i would have had serious reservations about number 2.

back pain is bad too. i have suffered with my shoulder previously.

The worst pain is when I had recurring apendicitis and would be awake for 72 hours because there was no way to sleep through the pain. I would eventually pass out from sheer exhaustion.

Very high.

I suffered through 10+ years with severe endometriosis which caused me constant pain on a daily basis, and even worse pain during my cycle. Then I had two surgeries including a hysterectomy, and the only pain meds I took for those was what they gave me the first day or so thru my IV, after that I refused to take anything...the pain from the surgery wasn't as bad as the pain I'd been in for years anyway, so...

I don't like taking any medications AT ALL if I can avoid it (and I usually do)

Birth pain is the worst I have ever felt pain. I have given birth 4 times, and thank god that is one pain I will never feel again. I am done, the mold has been broken.

When I was younger I could stand pain, now I'm afraid of every little ache and pain.