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.
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.
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.
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. 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.
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.
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.