How do you react to pain?

[Tilted_Logic]

It depends on the extent of the pain. A lot of times I sort of freeze up and try not to move a muscle until it passes, which in cases like a stubbed toe I know it will.
In severe cases where it's something that requires medical attention I usually wavier between containing my emotions or simply letting the tears fall. To be honest it stupidly depends on what sort of day I've been having. If things have been rough then all that emotion building up bubbles over so I generally just cry it out to get it over with. Most other times though unless it's excruciating I manage to contain my outbursts. I'd like to point out though I haven't been severely injured in my life. Most cases of 'pain' I actually refer to as extreme discomfort, because it feels more like my insides are falling apart than being literally ripped out. Sorry for the... odd... analogy.

 

[shogunblade]

With an "Ouch", unless it really hurts, and then I laugh like the Joker and Pennywise the Clown had a baby.

 

[Agayek]

Most of the time, I curse and continue on my way. I'll make a token effort to stop whatever's causing said pain, if I know how, but beyond that I essentially ignore it.

The one time I didn't was when I fractured my ankle falling off a motorcycle. In that case, I cursed a bit, hobbled my way over to my friends/the car, sat down and didn't put weight on it for the next two days.

 

[Saelune]

"angry for no apparent reason"? Uh....the PAIN IS THE REASON!
You stub your toe and giggle about it.

 

[username sucks]

when its not serious, i usually can ignore it, but if it is serious, like when i tore the tendon on my ankle (from falling off a 2 foot platform btw) i curse under my breath a few times then i just lay down and try to go to sleep. strange reaction i know

 

[Dango]

Generally by saying "Ow", I guess I'm just too normal...

 

[Koroviev]

There's usually a lot of swearing, which works better than Advil at relieving pain in my experience.

 

[TheTim]

its a combination of #'s 6,7,and 8.

its very hard to explain. and its not like i strive for the good pain, it just happens.

 

[TriGGeR_HaPPy]

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4) People who only really feel the pain for a few seconds after being injured.
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8) And even people who experience such a strong surge of adrenaline they basically become machines until the adrenaline wears off.
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I'm basically these 2. If it's just something like stubbing my toe, even if particularly badly, I'll probably say "Ow!" Then keep walking as if nothing happened.

If it's a really bad injury, that's when I'm a mix of 4 and 8. I'll feel it for a bit, then the adrenaline kicks in and, once again, I'll just keep doing what I was doing, possibly even faster/more efficiently (depending on what the situation is) thanks to the adrenaline, so that I can finish the task and then see if what just happened to me actually did any real damage.

A perfect example is back in secondary school, while I was playing basketball with friends one lunch time. I got knocked over onto the asphalt, but then got right back up to get the ball back and pass it out of our half. A minute later I finally stepped out to see what the fall did to myself - turns out that the asphalt had basically ripped off a lot of the skin on my knee, and I was bleeding pretty badly.
Even with a couple of friends walking with me, I still managed to walk myself over to the nurses office.

 

[Jamieson 90]

It's probably a combination of ignoring it or getting angry with myself if it's self inflicted through stupidity. For example when my finger nearly got chopped off and was pouring in blood I didn't even feel any pain. I suppose I have quite a high pain thresh hold.

 

[IamQ]

I either swear aloud and grunt or do nothing. I haven't really had a super serious injury in quite a while, so I've got no idea how I would react to, say, having a bowling ball dropped on my foot.

7) People who become VERY angry when injured, for no apparent reason.

I'm actually one of these at times. I'll try my best to explain it.

For me I think it's almost like I want to rage more. I hit stuff to make it hurt on purpose, to get me more mad.

Okay, I'll be honest, I have no frikkin' idea how to explain it.

 

[Particulate]

Swearing usually, varying in volume and profanity depending on the severity of pain.

 

[dave1004]

If it's bad...I'd probably...No, most definitely cry.

If it's minor (Stubbed toe, cuts), I don't notice them.

Never broken a limb before, even though I've done some pretty stupid things. Strangest part is I hate milk, and rarely consume any milk products. Maybe it's the almonds.

 

[Tonimata]

I mostly fall into 6 and 8, but I would also like to add category

9) People who endure pain for the greater good...

...into which I fall too, since recently I was intervened at a hospital without sedation.

Having needles stabbed into your stomach and through your abdominal muscles ain't fun...

 

[thylasos]

"Ow. Ow. Ow. (Feck./Christ.)" Then I get on with stuff. If it's a cut, I might find a plaster and some duct tape.

 

[emeraldrafael]

I laugh. its something I've always had, ever since I first came home hurt and was able to rationally express why. My grandfather told me that when he was young, his father told him to think of something funny and the laughter would easy the pain. So i started doing that, and now I laugh when Im pain. Which usually makes someone try harder to hurt me.

Its actaully scared people though. they'll see me taking blows laughing, then I'll just keep laughing while I return them. The word crazy has been thrown around a lot.

 

[Kapri]

Depends on how bad. If it's something minor then eh, whoopdy doo. If it's bad: lotsa swearing.