I’m neurodiverse and my pain tolerance is really bad. Anyone else like this?
Nope, mine’s the opposite.
My pain tolerance is insanely high. I can destroy my body if I decide to.
My pain threshold is insanely low. Insects so small most people can’t see them burn so badly I’m covering myself in scars.
These are very different things
I have two kids, one is autistic officially, the other they say no… but also say she has many autistic symptoms. They say Adhd can do that. Anyway, the official one has low sensitivity, the other very high sensitivity. I have higher than average myself. I don’t really know what I can do for her, but she avoids normal kid activities because of anxiety about pain.
I have a very high pain tolerance (a migraine disorder will do that), but a very low tolerance to general discomfort.
I’m also quite sensitive to light, sound, and other sensory input, so I expect that’s all related to autism.
Same, except horrible periods. Doctors were puzzled that I didn’t notice until quite far in that a bunch of my knee cartilage is just gone. I’ve also gotten a tooth cavity fixed without anesthesia. Doctors have warned me of pain when treating a laceration and then it felt like it just never happened.
But I’ll cry when the sun hits my face, or when I’m itchy, or when I’ve been wearing leggings or a turtleneck for too long, or when there’s a group of children on the bus.
Same. I have had a few types of headache issues most of my life and no one believed the pain was that bad because I don’t express it the way people expect when in severe pain. So, I always thought I had a low tolerance until a doctor freaked out at some severe tibial stress fractures that I was still being asked to run on them. And it took faking a painful yell when the doctor was manipulating it in the first visit to get the bone scan ordered to get to that freak out. I just don’t uncontrollably verbalize severe pain or fully shut down or things like that like neurotypicals.
I couldn’t tell you exactly what it is about it, but my Gods migraine pain is the absolute worst for me. I could be at like an 9/10 with my joint pain unable to put even a little weight on like my ankle, and that doesn’t bother me nearly as much as like a 7/10 migraine. I imagine it’s probably got something to do with the secondary symptoms and how inescapable the pain is. But I’m not sure. I do know I wouldn’t wish them on my worst enemy though.
Things change when you’ve experienced REALLY really bad pain. One kinda cool part about my experience is that I know the pain threshold of my conscious mind and how that relates to what is happening elsewhere in my body. I’m indifferent to the pain now. I’m bothered by physical limitations involving the failure of muscles. The pain is just like an annoying alarm going off too loud.
Like I just watched Invictus’ edutainment upload on Roman contact with India in 20 CE. The story included an Indian man that self immolated silently. I could easily do that. I have not always been like this, but after 11 years of constant major pain, it is trivial. I’ve broken bones since and actually felt better as a result or they didn’t really phase me. The super deep stuff is what changed my perspective about all the rest. I feel parts of my spine no one should feel. Like every morning I wake up, press my tongue at the back of my throat, and push my head back lightly on the pillow to pop my vertebrae at the base of my skull and upper neck. The location of C1 actually feels like it is within the conscious mind, a very odd feeling popping that one, doubly so when it feels gritty… Don’t break that one. Not recommended.
I am a bitch when it comes to pain. Sometimes ill think i got hurt and feel the pain for a few minutes even after realizing i did not. I dont mind it, its annoying. But on the other hand i am a lot more carefull then most people and when i feel the slightest pain its easier to take it easy when i feel like im dieing.
Quite the opposite, but I have the red hair gene.
I lucked out and I’m not very sensitive to pain, but I also have a soul.
The red headed curse is so unfun when dealing with chronic pain. :(
Yeah unfortunately, I was always sort of teased at school as a wimp or whatever. It also makes me really scared of doctors etc
Due to atopic dermatitis, it’s alot lower, since it can rash, inflammation on the slightest allergic contact
I’m sensitive to heat. Hot drinks, food, showers.
Everyone around me seems to like things much hotter than I do.Oh it’s very bad. Or I don’t feel it at all. But mostly it’s, anything being even a tiny pain feels miserable. But it’s all at that level. Having to wear a bra? Death. Having a cut? Death. Having a root canal? Death.
I’m glad I’m not alone!
If you drink a lot of coffee or take ADHD medication like Adderall your nervous system will be very alert and overly-receptive to any pain
Sometimes the hair on my body hurts like hell. It’s more surprising the few times I have hurt myself or had something done at a doctor and it didn’t hurt. Usually even under a local anaesthetic, I still feel some pain. It doesn’t numb completely; it merely makes it somewhat less painful.
Everything hurts and itches, makes life spicy!
