How much is your Pain Threshold?

Pain Threshold
@Shiva49 (28366)
Singapore
March 17, 2021 9:33am CST
We cannot escape reverses in life. How do you deal with them? What is your pain threshold/tolerance? I have had my share of them. Over time, I was more prepared as from my experiences I knew how to weather them. Time is a healer and also how we mentally tune ourselves to see through the crisis. Some are out of the blue like a health crisis. Others are more mundane but test us nevertheless. I use them also to test my mettle and to understand more about life in general and the people. We will know who our real friends are and so all happenings in life can be a learning curve. Some are laid low at the first sign of reverses while for others they are par for the course. While I do not look forward to crisis, I have patted myself after the event that I am made of sterner stuff than I thought I was. How do you deal with such uninvited visitors? Image – Pain from free media site Pexels
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Belle Starr (Iz)
@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
17 Mar 21
I suck it up and go on, I have a very high tolerance for pain but like everyone else I don't enjoy it.
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Shiva
@Shiva49 (28366)
• Singapore
17 Mar 21
I too want to put them behind and move on. Sort of la bad dream better put behind asap.
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OceanTiara
@RebeccasFarm (91299)
• United States
17 Mar 21
Well today it is lower than in previous years.
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OceanTiara
@RebeccasFarm (91299)
• United States
18 Mar 21
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OceanTiara
@RebeccasFarm (91299)
• United States
18 Mar 21
@Shiva49 I am compelled to tell you you are never alone Shiva.
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Shiva
@Shiva49 (28366)
• Singapore
17 Mar 21
It does change with each phase of our life. However, I find refuge in - change is the only constant
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Stephannie
@stephcjh (38473)
• United States
17 Mar 21
I cannot stand any kind of pain.
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Stephannie
@stephcjh (38473)
• United States
18 Mar 21
@Shiva49 Yes. It sure is.
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Shiva
@Shiva49 (28366)
• Singapore
18 Mar 21
We all have our own defenses to get over them. We have ways to deal with emotional pain by changing our approach but persistent physical pain is a real torture.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (502148)
• Italy
17 Mar 21
I do not like pain and I do not like to have problems, but I have a very good tolerance level for both.
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Shiva
@Shiva49 (28366)
• Singapore
17 Mar 21
Yes, I am like that too but when I am faced with issues I am, sort of, fully awake and cannot wait to put them behind asap
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Anna
@LadyDuck (502148)
• Italy
17 Mar 21
@Shiva49 I do the same, I do not get depressed, I move in the right direction to get rid of them.
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Shiva
@Shiva49 (28366)
• Singapore
17 Mar 21
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DE
@DaddyEvil (174208)
• United States
17 Mar 21
I continue to the best of my ability... I don't have a high tolerance for physical pain but accept it when I must.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (174208)
• United States
17 Mar 21
@Shiva49 I think that's the way everyone is. Worry before hand and then just want it over and done with so life can go on.
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Shiva
@Shiva49 (28366)
• Singapore
17 Mar 21
Yes, like in the case of surgery I get worried before the event but once it is near I just want it to be over with. This vaccination was also an unknown quantity but when I went to get the first shot, what the hell, I am just one among many. Put it behind asap.
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CarolDM
@CarolDM (203396)
• Nashville, Tennessee
17 Mar 21
Nobody likes pain but I endure whatever comes my way and push through.
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Shiva
@Shiva49 (28366)
• Singapore
17 Mar 21
Yes, we need to endure pain and tackle it the best way we can. Thankfully, time heals a lot.
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CarolDM
@CarolDM (203396)
• Nashville, Tennessee
17 Mar 21
@Shiva49 Time does heal a lot but not all.
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eileenleyva
@eileenleyva (27555)
• Philippines
18 Mar 21
Mine is pretty strong. Physical pain is a walk in the park.
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eileenleyva
@eileenleyva (27555)
• Philippines
18 Mar 21
@Shiva49 Coursing through pain is simply putting one foot in front of the other.
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Shiva
@Shiva49 (28366)
• Singapore
19 Mar 21
@eileenleyva Yes, soon we see light at the end of the tunnel and this virus should also be behind us when we press the right button.
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Shiva
@Shiva49 (28366)
• Singapore
18 Mar 21
That is rather rare I would say. I can just tolerate physical and emotional pain but I would want them behind me asap.
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Judy Story
@jstory07 (148701)
• Roseburg, Oregon
18 Mar 21
I usually just ignore pain and keep on doing what I do. Sometimes I will take a couple of aspirins.
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Shiva
@Shiva49 (28366)
• Singapore
18 Mar 21
Physical and bodily pains can be overcome but emotional and family issues are tougher as one has to find ways ourselves to get over them.
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rakski
@rakski (156200)
• Philippines
18 Mar 21
I have a high tolerance of pain, emotionally and physically.
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rakski
@rakski (156200)
• Philippines
18 Mar 21
@Shiva49 physical pain can be treated with medicines emotional pain is different. time heals all wounds as they say but it helps to have a positive attitude too
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Shiva
@Shiva49 (28366)
• Singapore
18 Mar 21
Nice to hear that. We have different ways to handle pain. I like to see it as part of living. Some tackle by griping about it too! Physical pain, like a toothache, is a real pain for me!
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Shiva
@Shiva49 (28366)
• Singapore
18 Mar 21
@rakski Yes, for emotional pain, attitude is the pain reliever and we tend to wallow in self-pity.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381739)
• Rockingham, Australia
17 Mar 21
Sometimes we surprise ourselves with our resilience.
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Shiva
@Shiva49 (28366)
• Singapore
18 Mar 21
Yes, building resilience is the key. We all have it to some degrees but we have to up the ante at times and rise to the occasion.
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emptychair
@innertalks (23734)
• Australia
18 Mar 21
Pain lets us know that we are alive, living in a mortal body, so it is of some use to us. It also lets us know when something in us needs fixing. It is a pain to suffer from pain, but if we manage it, and do not ignore it, it has served its purpose in our life for us then too.
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emptychair
@innertalks (23734)
• Australia
18 Mar 21
@Shiva49 There are a few people who are having nasty reactions to the vaccine now too. We all wish that these things do not happen to us, as we all want to try to avoid as much pain, and as many problems, as possible, in our lives.
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Shiva
@Shiva49 (28366)
• Singapore
18 Mar 21
@innertalks Yes, it is as if we are stricken with the virus itself. And one here has been affected a second time in a year. And another's daughter is quite sick despite having taken the vaccine as its efficacy rate is 95%.
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Shiva
@Shiva49 (28366)
• Singapore
18 Mar 21
Yes Steve, running away from pain, playing hide and seek, could be the biggest downer in tackling the pain. It is said bad luck comes in threes but we can tackle them head-on than get defeated and succumb to them. This too shall pass is my way during such times. It is a new life after some horrific encounters. I heard one who barely escaped with life after Covid-19 virus While most had only limited issues, he went through a roller coaster ride of emotions and at times thought the end was nigh. Not being able to see human faces while under treatment was the pits.
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