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How do you deal with it?

I personally just clench my teeth and try to ingnore it, how about you?

Short term - Swear
Long term - ibuprofen

Swear a little, go "Arrrggggghhh", hop around a bit, and then just grin & bear.

Hardly a day goes by that I don't "injure" myself in one way or another,I'm constantly bashing my knuckles or something.
Basically I curse ...then ignore it.

FITZZ wrote: Hardly a day goes by that I don't "injure" myself in one way or another,I'm constantly bashing my knuckles or something.
Basically I curse ...then ignore it.

This.

For constant pain I use cocodamol.
Though cocodamol is my solution for many problems.

I swear like a trooper. Usually quite inventively, too.

Wait, are we talking pain of the blowing your knee out sort, or pain of the stubbing your toe sort?

If the latter I say something like "Damn it!" and move on.

If the former I curse the Gods, and contemplate how long I'll have to stay away from the playing field.

I am a sailor, and as sailing season swings in to high gear, I'm getting hurt almost every day.

Yesterday, I got a boom (the metal bar under the mast) to the throat. I took some Tylenol and dealt with it.

If it's household knocks and bumps, usually it's a swear word and a harsh telling off to the object that did it.

Pain as in, say, drainage of a cyst on a sensitive area that supposedly "won't hurt because it's dead skin" without any anesthetic or numbing cream of any sort and just cutting into it with a scalpel and "draining" the contents by squeezing it between thumb and forefinger... totally different story. That goes beyond swear words, we're into the realm of tensing every muscle in your body, gritting your teeth and hoping the doctor doesn't slip/sneeze/whatever.

As someone who has a terrible phobia of needles (I mean if you even get one out in front of me I will start to hyperventilate; i'm dreading having my first blood test of my life at some point) and sharp objects wielded by other people (someone cooking dinner with a sharp knife will make me extremely paranoid that something will happen, like it'll slip etc.), pain caused by any of those two is especially bad, since i'm focussed 100% on what is being done, as opposed to banging my knee on the coffee table whilst watching TV, because usually I get distracted.

I occasionally get leg cramps, usually when I'm asleep which is a nice thing to wake you up. The pain is indescribable, had a particularly bad one a couple of weeks ago and I couldn't walk all night because the muscle is so sore afterwards. The worst bit is that when one comes on I know it's going to last a good 10 minutes of agony and nothing much can be done to make it stop.

Avatar 720 wrote:If it's household knocks and bumps, usually it's a swear word and a harsh telling off to the object that did it.

Pain as in, say, drainage of a cyst on a sensitive area that supposedly "won't hurt because it's dead skin" without any anesthetic or numbing cream of any sort and just cutting into it with a scalpel and "draining" the contents by squeezing it between thumb and forefinger... totally different story. That goes beyond swear words, we're into the realm of tensing every muscle in your body, gritting your teeth and hoping the doctor doesn't slip/sneeze/whatever.

As someone who has a terrible phobia of needles (I mean if you even get one out in front of me I will start to hyperventilate; i'm dreading having my first blood test of my life at some point) and sharp objects wielded by other people (someone cooking dinner with a sharp knife will make me extremely paranoid that something will happen, like it'll slip etc.), pain caused by any of those two is especially bad, since i'm focussed 100% on what is being done, as opposed to banging my knee on the coffee table whilst watching TV, because usually I get distracted.

Draining a cyst?
Boohoo, try cutting out a wart with a kitchen knife.

Avatar 720 wrote:If it's household knocks and bumps, usually it's a swear word and a harsh telling off to the object that did it.

Pain as in, say, drainage of a cyst on a sensitive area that supposedly "won't hurt because it's dead skin" without any anesthetic or numbing cream of any sort and just cutting into it with a scalpel and "draining" the contents by squeezing it between thumb and forefinger... totally different story. That goes beyond swear words, we're into the realm of tensing every muscle in your body, gritting your teeth and hoping the doctor doesn't slip/sneeze/whatever.

^^

corpsesarefun wrote:

Avatar 720 wrote:If it's household knocks and bumps, usually it's a swear word and a harsh telling off to the object that did it.

Pain as in, say, drainage of a cyst on a sensitive area that supposedly "won't hurt because it's dead skin" without any anesthetic or numbing cream of any sort and just cutting into it with a scalpel and "draining" the contents by squeezing it between thumb and forefinger... totally different story. That goes beyond swear words, we're into the realm of tensing every muscle in your body, gritting your teeth and hoping the doctor doesn't slip/sneeze/whatever.

As someone who has a terrible phobia of needles (I mean if you even get one out in front of me I will start to hyperventilate; i'm dreading having my first blood test of my life at some point) and sharp objects wielded by other people (someone cooking dinner with a sharp knife will make me extremely paranoid that something will happen, like it'll slip etc.), pain caused by any of those two is especially bad, since i'm focussed 100% on what is being done, as opposed to banging my knee on the coffee table whilst watching TV, because usually I get distracted.

Draining a cyst?
Boohoo, try cutting out a wart with a kitchen knife.

Are we comparing pain now? I've been shot between the ribs, barely missing my heart, and twice in my left arm.

"Boohoo"

I dunno i think i have quite a high threshold for pain, got shingles when i was Sixteen (shouldnt be called shingles should be called 'someone is tearing off slabs of meat from my back with battery acid drenched hyperdermics') which basically inflames the nerves themselves causing pretty much pure pain (Someone i know unfortunate enough to get shingles in the eyeball stayed up for 36 hours holding a spoon contemplating whether to dig the eye out with it). I just wince or yelp and soldier on. I am a bit of wuss wen it comes to blood nearly fainted when i crushed my finger under a breezeblock, there was so much blood i couldnt tell what was left of the finger.

Karon wrote:

Avatar 720 wrote:If it's household knocks and bumps, usually it's a swear word and a harsh telling off to the object that did it.

Pain as in, say, drainage of a cyst on a sensitive area that supposedly "won't hurt because it's dead skin" without any anesthetic or numbing cream of any sort and just cutting into it with a scalpel and "draining" the contents by squeezing it between thumb and forefinger... totally different story. That goes beyond swear words, we're into the realm of tensing every muscle in your body, gritting your teeth and hoping the doctor doesn't slip/sneeze/whatever.

^^

corpsesarefun wrote:

Avatar 720 wrote:If it's household knocks and bumps, usually it's a swear word and a harsh telling off to the object that did it.

Pain as in, say, drainage of a cyst on a sensitive area that supposedly "won't hurt because it's dead skin" without any anesthetic or numbing cream of any sort and just cutting into it with a scalpel and "draining" the contents by squeezing it between thumb and forefinger... totally different story. That goes beyond swear words, we're into the realm of tensing every muscle in your body, gritting your teeth and hoping the doctor doesn't slip/sneeze/whatever.

As someone who has a terrible phobia of needles (I mean if you even get one out in front of me I will start to hyperventilate; i'm dreading having my first blood test of my life at some point) and sharp objects wielded by other people (someone cooking dinner with a sharp knife will make me extremely paranoid that something will happen, like it'll slip etc.), pain caused by any of those two is especially bad, since i'm focussed 100% on what is being done, as opposed to banging my knee on the coffee table whilst watching TV, because usually I get distracted.

Draining a cyst?
Boohoo, try cutting out a wart with a kitchen knife.

Are we comparing pain now? I've been shot between the ribs, barely missing my heart, and twice in my left arm.

"Boohoo"

We arn't comparing pain.

In fact both mine and avatar's examples are pretty damn tame so I kind of failed at attempting to put his pain into perspective.

Pfft...

Back when I was in rehab, I had two root canals simultaneously without any anesthesia.

I stick needles inmyself about 8 times a day at least. Side of the finger and then usually the belly. I cope.

avantgarde wrote:Pfft...

Back when I was in rehab, I had two root canals simultaneously without any anesthesia.

I've heard those were horrendous.

I listen to Radio 1 near every day when i drive the car.

Perkustin wrote:I listen to Radio 1 near every day when i drive the car.

Masochist.

Listen to radio four

Karon wrote:

avantgarde wrote:Pfft...

Back when I was in rehab, I had two root canals simultaneously without any anesthesia.

I've heard those were horrendous.

Bit of an understatement, it felt like someone was hammering my teeth into a million little pieces.

If it is too much, I usually just yell out the safety word.

Howard A Treesong wrote:I occasionally get leg cramps, usually when I'm asleep which is a nice thing to wake you up. The pain is indescribable, had a particularly bad one a couple of weeks ago and I couldn't walk all night because the muscle is so sore afterwards. The worst bit is that when one comes on I know it's going to last a good 10 minutes of agony and nothing much can be done to make it stop.

Been there. Try a product called Legatrin. It works.

Squeezin' a particularly ripe piece of Back-acme is the good kind of pain. It's like 'AARRRGHH IT FEELS SO GOOD!'... Literally not joking...

Perkustin wrote:Squeezin' a particularly ripe piece of Back-acme is the good kind of pain. It's like 'AARRRGHH IT FEELS SO GOOD!'... Literally not joking...

Lovely...

also you mean Acne i think.

Stub my toe: curse, move on.

Get shot with arrow: curse, curse, emergency room, curse.*










*Yes, I have been shot with an arrow. It sucks.

Being the lucky sort that gets frequent debilitating migraines, and random neuropathy- Ive tried alot of pain management techniques.

Medication doesnt usually help much, so usually I have to hope I can really focus on something. On a good day I can pop in an audio book and paint some miniatures or zone into some brain dead video game that doesnt need any skill or coherency to play.

I think sometimes the real pain comes after the migraine passes and I see what I thought was a well painted mini...

Well at first it's tough to deal with but then I find myself hardly feeling any pain at all. After a while I suddenly feel faster and stronger, eventually I get to the point where I feel practically fearless for enduring all that pain.

corpsesarefun wrote:

Avatar 720 wrote:If it's household knocks and bumps, usually it's a swear word and a harsh telling off to the object that did it.

Pain as in, say, drainage of a cyst on a sensitive area that supposedly "won't hurt because it's dead skin" without any anesthetic or numbing cream of any sort and just cutting into it with a scalpel and "draining" the contents by squeezing it between thumb and forefinger... totally different story. That goes beyond swear words, we're into the realm of tensing every muscle in your body, gritting your teeth and hoping the doctor doesn't slip/sneeze/whatever.

As someone who has a terrible phobia of needles (I mean if you even get one out in front of me I will start to hyperventilate; i'm dreading having my first blood test of my life at some point) and sharp objects wielded by other people (someone cooking dinner with a sharp knife will make me extremely paranoid that something will happen, like it'll slip etc.), pain caused by any of those two is especially bad, since i'm focussed 100% on what is being done, as opposed to banging my knee on the coffee table whilst watching TV, because usually I get distracted.

Draining a cyst?
Boohoo, try cutting out a wart with a kitchen knife.

They're like hydra's, you got to burn the stump or else they'll grow back larger

For the record I use toenail clippers.

rubiksnoob wrote:Stub my toe: curse, move on.

Get shot with arrow: curse, curse, emergency room, curse.*










*Yes, I have been shot with an arrow. It sucks.

Shot with an arrow?...are marauding bands of archers a big problem where you live Rubiks?

Here you go..some funny observations about being shot with an arrow,and injuries in general..

NSFW
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wt-rz6jmmbE&feature=related