blueboxesinmaryland asked: My pain scale is similar to yours. I've almost passed out from such pain and I'm surprised I didn't, in all honesty. My tolerance for pain is also extremely high, so I always play it down without meaning to and it ends up getting pretty bad because I don't know how to adequately explain myself. I've felt like my stomach was eating itself and I couldn't see straight and I told them it was a 7. Also, my body doesn't react to pain killers very well. They have to be super high doses.
Yeah I don’t try to play it down but I often do by mistake. And same goes for most people I know with severe, chronic pain. It’s just a whole different way of life than someone who hasn’t really had to deal with severe pain before.