I have a pretty high tolerance, but it does somewhat depend what it is. I was in a really bad accident and people around me could not believe how calm I was. I was in a lot of pain, but I was able to handle it. I didn’t break any bones, bit I have cuts and road rash and my chest was hit so hard I had a tear in my lung. Not being able to breath well was way scarier than the pain.
I had chronic pain for years. Sometimes it drove me to the back office at work to cry, but most days I just lived with it and kept right on working. Every day, every day for about 8 years I was in constant pain.
I have never taken all the pain meds prescribed to me by a doctor after a surgery or an accident. Sometimes I don’t take any.
I had a small something on my breast once that was like a little dot and it was very painful. If I brushed against it was super painful. Finally, after a year, a doctor knew what it was and just zapped it with a laser and it was taken care of. Amazing how some doctors just ignore shit and others know how to cure it. Even though I was grateful to that doctor for curing it, she had to throw in that she felt I am over reactive to pain, because of my chronic pain. I really hate that. It is what doctors believe, that if we complain about aches and pains we are hypersensitive, we get no credit for actually being in a lot of pain. Around the same time I was hospitalized because I had an ectopic pregnancy and the ER doctor said to me he was surprised how well I was tolerating the pain.
Damn doctors.