Comment by ehnto
2 months ago
Yeah it was pretty painful at first and at different times. Never like in tears pain though, just very distracting. I have broken two fingers and two collarbones, at different times, and a toe! Both collarbones were fully smashed to bits but did not pierce the skin, I had bruising for months.
I have an above average tolerance but I think what really helps is pain management techniques, which I believe can help all of us at different times of need. Chronic pain is a bitch, which I have, and not everyone has pain that is reasonably manageable, but even prescribed pain meds are really going to mess with you and I think it is worth avoiding if possible and not inhumane.
Is higher tolerance to pain even a real thing ?
I have been told that I have that, but I don't think it feels any less painful. It's not possible to know. I feel I am just a little accepting of it.
Broken femur is almost a different league though.
I have the same thought, it must be as it's accounted for in medical practice, but also how would I know? I only have my subjective experience to go by.
I think it is important to accept everyone's own experience of their pain though, I have no idea what someone else is feeling even if I have experienced the same event. Their experience and what they feel could be vastly different, our nervous systems behaving vastly different. It is not a morale failing to feel and be affected by pain.
Indeed.