As an adult have you ever cried because of physical pain?

[ImSkye]

Takes a lot to get me to cry. Was too busy throwing up and passing out through childbirth so that wasn't a problem, and have broken my kneecap and then idden in freezing temperatures on the back of a motorcycle for 2 days with leg extended and waited 6 weeks to go to a doctor, and it didn't make me cry. I have also broken toes and my tailbone and they didn't make me cry either. Also when I was in my late teens I had an appendix about to explode by the time I was forced by my mother to go to hospital and despite passing out with pain, I didn't cry. Have to say though, period pain in later years which is worse due to other complications I choose to live with and try to outpace instead of have a hysterectomy which may or may not relieve it, have reduced me to tears at times. It passes.

Catalina

Wow - just reading that made me cry. You are one tough cookie.

Skye

 

[FallenAngel3]

I'm more likely to cry over something that I do on accident.

I am the same way. I think the shock will actually make me cry more then the pain.

 

[Master_of_Pupets]

Havnt cried in a long time.

 

[rosco rathbone]

There's not much of a connection between tears and pain for me. Crying is more of an emotional thing.

 

[Evil_Geoff]

I'm a sadist, not a masochist.

Pain hurts. If it hurts bad enough I cry.

*shrugs and grins*

Big woop.

 

[chun_gong]

Two words, kidney stone!!

Fury

mm-hmmm DITTO!! 6mm OUCH!!

Looks like there are several others who have experienced our pain. I had resigned myself to the fact that I wasn't going to die from whatever was going on to cause the pain...I was going to die from the PAIN. I had no clue what it was.

It really sucks when ones ureters are only 3mm-4mm at the kidney junction - somehow 6mm just doesn't like to go thru there. Heaven help me, I will never experience that again!

j

 

[Rebellious_Sub]

I have had the physical pains of medical problems, some- to be redundant kidney stones... and gall stones in particular brought me to tears.. damn stones...

Broken bones, and I have had several, mostly my right arm keeps getting broken... four times so far, but the broken bones don't seem to bring me to my pain threshold..

If I had to take a guess, I think that most of my tears from non-medical issues stem more from fear and emotions than from actual physical pain... Fear of being hurt on an emtional level, even more so than the actual act of being hurt can sometimes bring me to tears.. *sigh* Not proud of it, but it is how I am.

~RS

 

[FurryFury]

I hate to cry for negative emotional reasons. I fight it. That's a bad thing to do, fighting it, IMO.

Perhaps that's why I tend to cry during sentimental movies, or even cheesy commercials. I have all this stuff saved up? I cry at most live art performances as well. I used to hate that but now I embrace it.

Now back to kidney stones. I hope I never have another one but I know now that since I endured three hours of pure hell, I know I can do another and another. I hear they get easier. I certainly hope that is true. As long as they don't fall on a work day, I'm ready to take it.

As I said, the one thing I did think about during the pain was did I look attractive naked and panting, grunting on the floor? What would I do if someone, like my husband or online Dom came by right then and wanted to flog me and fuck me? Would it help my pain if they did? LOL, how fucking strange am I?

*chuckles*

Fury

 

[leeroy jenkins]

It might have disctrated you Fury.

 

[FurryFury]

It might have disctrated you Fury.

Aww! Thanks for the thought.

It wouldn't have been distraction so much as layering. The pain was overwhelming to put it mildly.

Fury

 

[melan]

Don't you think that we subs develope a paticular pain tolerance or, at least. that we have a special attitude to fight against pain reactions?

 

[FurryFury]

I think the context of the pain makes a HUGE difference to me at least. I keep hearing about the "good" kind of pain and the "bad" kind here as well.

If you are a sub who is masochistic and have a sadistic Dom, plus the time to regularly scene, I imagine you could develop a higher pain tolerance attitude.

I've always had a high pain tolerance, or so various medical professionals tell me. This kidney stone thing was waaaaay over the top for me but I endured it, even had sexual thoughts during it.

Fury

 

[leeroy jenkins]

Last night during what I would call some hard play my friend got the intensity high enough that it cracked my control over my emtions. Not sure this is what the thread is about, but that was a level of pain I can say I have hardly ever felt. I liked the fact I got to purge some of my bottled up feeling, but I sure as hell don't care for the intensity of sensation that it takes me to get there.

 

[Sprinkles22]

Last night during what I would call some hard play my friend got the intensity high enough that it cracked my control over my emtions. Not sure this is what the thread is about, but that was a level of pain I can say I have hardly ever felt. I liked the fact I got to purge some of my bottled up feeling, but I sure as hell don't care for the intensity of sensation that it takes me to get there.

I've never experienced that level of pain, but wonder what my threshold is ... and how long or how much it would take to purge me of bottled up emotions. I do have a high pain threshold, which makes it difficult. I was at first anxious about engaging in D/s play, afraid of the pain, but found myself amazed at how much I was able to take without any complaints or struggles.

 

[dr_mabeuse]

Two words, kidney stone!!

Fury

A-fucking-men.

I remember wondering when I was younger how people could ever stand the pain of surgery before there were anesthetics, and then when I had my stone, I understood. I would have been willing to be cut open dead cold sober if that would have stopped the pain.

God bless the hell out of morphine is all I can say. I don't remember crying when I had the stone because it just hurt too much for tears, but I'm pretty sure I wept with relief when they stuck that needle in my arm.

 

[jadefirefly]

Yup, sure have.

I cried during my C-section, when it became apparent that the anesthesia had "missed" a spot -- it sounds stupid as hell, but it happens! -- and I still had full sensation in a small area. That may have been partly exhaustion, though, and partly fear. I was terrified to be awake during it.

I've cried over kidney infections. Shit, I leaked a few tears without actually crying tonight getting tattoo work done! I'm a complete pain wuss.

 

[ammre]

I cry out of frustration.
So while something will hurt a lot, if the continious pain keeps me from doing something or existing properly i'll cry.

Like when i got my tongue split and it was regrowing tissue in the center. The sutures were making it swell, and the regrowing tissue was happening and by the end of the first week the suures were making it worse instead of better (your tongue REALLY wants to grow back together, so if you don't have sutures you'll wake up in the morning with a whole tongue again. The tip of my tongue dind't have sutures and i had to pop it apart a few times). So i had to take the sutures out, but my tongue was so swollen it was swollen up arround the sutures. Everytime i tried to touch them my body would shudder involuntarially and i'd get light of breath. I curled up on the carpet in the bathroom and jsut cried like a baby becasue it was so frustrating. Eventuitally i actually went to my artist and had him do it.

When i broke my wrist, i refused to admit it. I went to change my clothes and i had to hold my hand with my other hand and guide it through the sleeve and trying to button my pants was horrible and frustrating so i cried. But i dind't cry when i actually landed on it and you could hear the crunch, oh no no no.

Then my 1pt chest suspension, (hanging from a 6g bolt stuck under about 2 inches of skin) was pretty painful, but i cried only becasue it was frustrating.

I think the only time i remember crying during pain without having the frustration was when i went for a root canal. The tooth was toward the front of my mouth and on the top. They shot me with novicane and somehow the way they hit something inside my gum sent me into sudden sobs. Like he barely had time to get the needle out of my mouth before i was drooling from crying so bad. He had to leave me alone for a good 15 minuts. I don't understand it. it didn't even hurt that bad, but something about the way it hit that nerve in my face flipped a switch.


I keep all my old coffee cups that are no good anymore (due to chips and such) and when i get really frustrated i take one outside and i launch it at the ground as hard as possible. Clean up the peaces then try to go on with my day. Sometimes it will take two or three cups to make me feel better... I'm running out though so i think i might see if a dollar store has some good crappy ones i could buy.

 

[Sprinkles22]

Yup, sure have.

I cried during my C-section, when it became apparent that the anesthesia had "missed" a spot -- it sounds stupid as hell, but it happens! -- and I still had full sensation in a small area. That may have been partly exhaustion, though, and partly fear. I was terrified to be awake during it.

I've cried over kidney infections. Shit, I leaked a few tears without actually crying tonight getting tattoo work done! I'm a complete pain wuss.

Tattoo work? Oh hell yea, that'll bring tears to your eyes and a big lump to your throat as you try to be brave and not let on that it's hurting like a MoFo. After 3 hours of my work, I had to beg the artist to stop ... if he hadn't I was soon going to be a sobbing mass of female lying in his chair!

 

[jadefirefly]

Tattoo work? Oh hell yea, that'll bring tears to your eyes and a big lump to your throat as you try to be brave and not let on that it's hurting like a MoFo. After 3 hours of my work, I had to beg the artist to stop ... if he hadn't I was soon going to be a sobbing mass of female lying in his chair!

Gods bless you, three hours?

I can't do more than 2. And that's with a smoke break in the middle. Last night was a whopping hour and fifteen minutes, and by the time he was done I was wishing for the end to be here.

I'm not looking forward to finishing the piece -- all that's left is on my lower back, and the outer edges of that is AWFUL!

 

[Sprinkles22]

Gods bless you, three hours?

I can't do more than 2. And that's with a smoke break in the middle. Last night was a whopping hour and fifteen minutes, and by the time he was done I was wishing for the end to be here.

I'm not looking forward to finishing the piece -- all that's left is on my lower back, and the outer edges of that is AWFUL!

Mine is center of my lower back ... ouchie, ouchie, ouchie!

 

[leeroy jenkins]

I've never experienced that level of pain, but wonder what my threshold is ... and how long or how much it would take to purge me of bottled up emotions. I do have a high pain threshold, which makes it difficult. I was at first anxious about engaging in D/s play, afraid of the pain, but found myself amazed at how much I was able to take without any complaints or struggles.

Compared to some I have a high pain tolerance but to others I am a weekling. I personally don't like the level of pain it takes me to get there and what it would take to keep me there. When she stops giving it to me then its soon after that I once again clamp down on my emotions again. When she did bring me to that place and I got those seconds of relief then the pain ebbs from my mind it its wake. For me I need this because I can't hardly crack the hold I have over my emotions but maybe you can and so this is not a needed thing for you.

 

[dr_mabeuse]

They don't use nitrous oxide--laughing gas--much anymore, but I'm old enough to remember having it at the dentist. The weird thing about nitrous is that things still hurt, but you don't much care. You don't dwell on it, so the pain is not that hard to take.

WIthout gas, when the dentist's working on you, you imagine him scaping against live nerve tissue and digging these huge holes in your teeth and ripping into your gums, but nitrous stops you from imagining that, and you realize that a large part of pain is really due to imagination, fear and dread. Without the mental components, it's not nearly as bad.

I'd still stay away from kidney stones though. Or being catheterized by a student nurse when you have a bladder infection. Christ! And they enjoyed it too.

 

[Sprinkles22]

Compared to some I have a high pain tolerance but to others I am a weekling. I personally don't like the level of pain it takes me to get there and what it would take to keep me there. When she stops giving it to me then its soon after that I once again clamp down on my emotions again. When she did bring me to that place and I got those seconds of relief then the pain ebbs from my mind it its wake. For me I need this because I can't hardly crack the hold I have over my emotions but maybe you can and so this is not a needed thing for you.

Unfortunately, it is a needed thing for me. I am a real life alpha female, and I am constantly in control of my thoughts and emotions ... I bottle bad emotions and push past them, but I never 'deal' with them. Therefore, they stay stuck deep in my heart, causing grief, pain and resentment. I, on occassion, need the cleansing of the bad things.

That is where my trust in my Master becomes key. The burden of unlocking me falls to him, but it's such a fine line between 'helping' me and 'hurting' me, and he has to recognize my self destructive ways before I crash and burn. The scene hasn't happend yet .. but it will, and it is going to happen ... soon. And I know I will be a better woman, friend, lover and submissive for it

 

[Cherrysweetdeal]

Other then stubbing my toe accidentally, I can get kicked in the shins or pretty much fall down the stairs(like I did at 7) even get my finger slightly...angled from a table router in shop class. That last one I cried more cause of the shock it wasn't horribly painful.

 

[shy slave]

I don't cry from pain often unless it is during a scene, then I cry.

I don't remember the last time I cried from medical or unexpected pain.

Top of my breast had a chunk bitten out of it a few years ago, but I was too busy too cry. It fucking hurt though lol

Emotional stuff makes me cry far too much, far too often