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5:05pm April 24, 2014

➸ A question about pain

realsocialskills:

Some autistic or otherwise atypical people show pain differently than most nondisabled people do.

For instance, some people show pain by laughing, or by getting really quiet.

How do y’all show pain? What are some ways of showing pain that get misinterpreted that would…

http://youneedacat.tumblr.com/tagged/pain-scale

Those are pictures of my facial expressions during different levels of (mostly) really nasty awful pain, from when a piece of my feeding tube got jammed under my skin.

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  1. tristheerudite reblogged this from tris-locked-inthe-tardis
  2. princesse-tchimpavita reblogged this from realsocialskills
  3. designatedpunkatbirth reblogged this from realsocialskills and added:
    I don’t know if I apply to this but because of my former #self harm I built and extreme tolerance to slicy dicey pain....
  4. merinnan reblogged this from realsocialskills
  5. sxizzor reblogged this from kforshort and added:
    yes PLEASE do not try to “help” someone like this it does the opposite of helping anyways sometimes when i’m upset i...
  6. kforshort reblogged this from realsocialskills and added:
    Okay, okay, so, when I’m in pain or very deeply upset by something, I’m always told that I get very closed off and...
  7. ludicrouslovegood reblogged this from tris-locked-inthe-tardis
  8. raposadanoite reblogged this from realsocialskills
  9. wizardxcore reblogged this from manhatingdyke and added:
    oh god, the thing about physical affection as comfort making you want to light people on fire was hilarious. it mostly...
  10. manhatingdyke reblogged this from wizardxcore and added:
    as a child, i didn’t visibly express pain AT ALL, as in, when i pretty severely broke my leg, i had a straight face and...
  11. maitri84 reblogged this from realsocialskills
  12. veronicahmarie reblogged this from realsocialskills
  13. fishandclips reblogged this from motscreziato and added:
    I have a dangerously high pain threshold, and have been known to whine and be more vocal about sitting uncomfortably...
  14. sydthesquyd reblogged this from motscreziato and added:
    I actually get really really quiet. If it’s caused by someone else and I’m not alone, I smile and laugh, and try to...
  15. shaddy-online reblogged this from motscreziato and added:
    so like my brother laughs when he gets pained so yeah idk that never occurred it was just a joke i guess idk but like ha...
  16. raginblazinredpanda reblogged this from motscreziato and added:
    i like get really quiet and try to make myself as small as possible so i don’t draw attention to myself and then i like...
  17. motscreziato reblogged this from starxirlremade and added:
    I have a really high pain threshold and tend to gasp at sudden pain but don’t generally cry or shout or anything. I have...
  18. pavlunk reblogged this from realsocialskills
  19. dephinia reblogged this from realsocialskills and added:
    This. So much this.
  20. starxirlremade reblogged this from realsocialskills and added:
    sometimes this little tremble runs through my body as i feel the pain. usually i brush it off. people always act really...
  21. realsocialskills reblogged this from liquidcoma
  22. nailthatsticksup reblogged this from realsocialskills and added:
    I’m mostly going to talk about pain from ulcerative colitis because that is the worst and most enduring. I think I...
  23. kagome77543 reblogged this from liquidcoma
  24. satans-lapdog reblogged this from liquidcoma and added:
    Laughing until I can’t breathe. It’s almost manic. Or I twitch uncontrollably.
  25. iamshadow21 reblogged this from autisticadvocacy and added:
    Irritable, quiet. I’m told my voice sounds like I’m angry or annoyed, my sentences get really terse and snappy, but it’s...