Thread: Most painful moments of your life?

When I not bite, but SCRAPE my tongue while eating something. Then my tongue rips and bleeds for a while.

When my pinkie toe hits a wall or wood frame.

When I fell off my bike this summer and there were like 5 7cm scrapes on my arm.

Nothing emotional... yet >_>

The physically most painful experience for me was actually in a dream.

In RL, it's probably when I accidentally slammed the car door on my pinkie - it didn't break, but it closed right over my fingernail so it has a big white "bruise" on it now. Emotionally, maybe when my uncle passed away.

i have a chronic earinfection that isn't going away, then it got worse and the doctor said he needed to get some moisture out so then he stuck a needle behind my ear.
he didn't get any moisture out so it failed anyway and had to get in the hospital for 3 days then it was back to a normal infection(i still had to get another operation anyway)

emotionally, i have no idea.

Well, for physical pain...
Probably when I was like 11 or 12 or something, it was raining. I had tripped on something and my kneecap hit the edge of a sidewalk perfectly (well. imperfectly). in a matter of seconds my whole leg was covered in blood and I saw a chunk of skin on my leg as well <_< I limped back to my house (luckily it was very close) and my mom and i cleaned it up, it was still bleeding for hours and I ended up fainting because I lost so much blood. I had to change the gauze wrapping every 30 minutes? And like the 2nd time I replaced gauze the whole leg/skin/fat part of the wound, whatever was missing, probably the size of a quarter or bigger (like, all the fat and skin chunk inside the battle wound fell out) I was very grossed out. My dad ended up picking me up later that day at like 5pm, after hours of pain, and he took me to my physician which was closing like 2 seconds before we got there. I ended up having to get stitches in it (because it was too big to stitch shut, they stitched inside of it) and the doc said that it went as deep as my muscle and if it was slightly deeper it would of caused major problems. For the next 2 months I couldn't bend my knee, i had to use crutches and I had to clean it thoroughly twice a day. I still have a scar there that looks bad and I freak out if people touch it <_<
Wow that was a long story.
My other physical pain thing was probably burning my whole hand. I was screwing around, i was 12 or something again, and I lit a napkin on fire, well the first time I tried it merely charred it so I wanted to char it again. But it was soon engulfed in flames, and I didn't want to burn the table it was on, so I ran into the kitchen, holding it, catching my hand on fire, then set it on another table, which i didn't want it to burn that table either, so i picked it up and threw it in the sink. By now my entire hand, mostly my palm is blistered, red and killing me. I ended up having to go to run errands with my mom or something later that day, which my hand was killing me. I just wrapped it up and held a water bottle (I didn't tell my mom it was caused my fire, i told her hot water. that's why i had to hide it). The pain was unbearable for 3 days, but after that it was good. Still a scar there too, this pain was probably worse than my knee thing because getting burnt like that is so painful <_< especially on your hand because it's so tender.

Emotional is when my mom died. Physical has to be when I fell off of a rail while skating. I don't know if it's the fact that it was cold or what...but that fall was unlike any other falls I had. And that Includes when I hit the back of my head on a curb.

i haven't been through alot of pain in comparison to others. i had a severe headache that lasted for a week. it was very painful. i vomited and felt dizzy a few times because of it.

a little over a year ago i had a knee injury that lasted about 6 months. it would have healed faster but i had no medical insurance, no car, and i live completely alone. so just going to the supermarket to get food was a pain.

I've gone through horrible emotional pain that lasted for months.
But physical pain.... I almost died from meningitis and had the most horrible head ache ever for days straight. And had to have a spinal tap.
Being stung by a sting ray hurt really bad, when I was 8.
I've had alot of bad cuts and bad road rash from skating but those normally didn't bother me to much. But once in middle school I accidently cut my finger open to the bone. And it was bleeding for days. It would be pulsing with pain while I was sleeping and bleeding.
Once I think I may have broke rib doing a body slam onto the ground like an idiot. It hurt for two months I think. And I couldn't surf.
I cut my chin really bad skating a half pipe when I was 8 or 9. Had to get stitch's but it bled alot. i didn't realize I was bleeding but then i touched my chin and looked at my hand and it was completely covered in blood.
Many skate boarding injuries. But they never bothered me much. Slamming on concrete or landing on road at high speeds. Also I messed up my back when I was a kid. being a on a boat launching over 8 foot waves my back sort of snapped back wards when landing. And I was in a car crash where we rolled 4 times and that messed up my back too. My back would hurt off and on through most of my childhood. But now it doesn't hurt any more.

Several months ago, I was beyond stupid drunk. Blackout. Managed to break my hand in several places. That night, I had far more than I typically drank at the time. Probably around twenty martinis.

I woke up a few hours later the most hungover I've ever been in my life. Vomiting every thirty minutes, too sick to eat, drink, get out of bed or move. And the bones in my hand were completely shattered. It was extraordinarily painful. I couldn't even make the bus to go to class because I was so sick.

Two days later I went to the hospital, because I still didn't know if my hand was broken or not but it certainly wasn't getting any better. They gave me a shot of dilaudid, one of the most pleasurable experiences in my life. And scores of prescription opiates. So the next month or so was complete bliss. But obviously, it wasn't worth it. My right hand still isn't 100%. I don't think it ever will be. I still can't believe I did that. Was fucking stupid. Completely my fault.

Emotionally? I place almost no value in romantic relationships; I don't care when they end. I've never felt a significance romantically with a girlfriend, a sexual drive being the closest I have to a "connection". I don't understand how others my age find self-proclaimed "love" in another individual so casually and callously. It disgusts me. My friends matter, but empathy towards their own problems are not the epitome of my emotional pain. The worst emotional pain I've suffered has certainly been a result by my own vain, self-preserving narcissism. If I fail at something trivial and inconsequential, or if someone surpasses me in some shallow, petty, and meaningless context; my ego can't take it. I will be consumed with rage and self-loathing when someone so obviously inferior does better than me. On the outside, I'm relatively calm compared to the chaos inside of my head. I usually justify the defeat to myself with insipid rationale. That's the only way I can deal with it. Or I will keep challenging the person until I beat them. Only then am I satisfied. Honestly, as superficial and vain as that is, these experiences produce the most intense despair I ever feel.

I don't understand why physical and emotional 'pain' are even being considered in parallel. They're two entirely separate types of experiences. The only thing they have in common is that they're both.... bad. There should really be different words for them in my opinion.

Originally Posted by Dianeva

I don't understand why physical and emotional 'pain' are even being considered in parallel. They're two entirely separate types of experiences. The only thing they have in common is that they're both.... bad. There should really be different words for them in my opinion.

You're in luck. There are two separate words for them. The first word is physical. The second word is emotional.

Those are adjectives, not replacements for the noun 'pain'. My point is that poeple normally consider them to be almost interchangable, as is portrayed in the OP, when they really shouldn't be.

Falling off this huge flying fox when I was around 12. It went from one hill to another lower hill around 50 metres apart. We had harnesses, and a guy took them off at the lower hill after we went down.
I stupidly decided it would be a good idea to just hold on to the rope and go back half the way on it instead of walking it back. I got about 20 metres back and my arms suddenly got really sore/tired.
I figured I could easily let go and land without damaging anything. Boy was I wrong. It was a lot higher than I thought. I broke some bone in my ankle and it still hurts to this day, I don't think it ever healed properly.

Another time my friend and I, in primary school, were screwing around with paper. I was holding a big bunch of newspaper and he was cutting it up with scissors. How intelligent, right? So worthwhile too
He ended up cutting my middle finger, right on the last joint, and he thought it was just paper so he was pushing down REALLY hard on the scissors to try to get through it. He realised what was happening when we saw my face just go blank and probably white, I think. Bled like a mother fucker. Went through an entire box of tissues (closest thing at hand) in literally about 5-10 seconds.

One more, there was this long ditch at primary school, and we decided it would be a good idea to lie down in it and roll a log over the top. I didn't want to, but everyone was telling me to do it.
I watched a few times before I was confident enough. I thought it had gone over so I poked my head up and.... *BANG!* Heavy log smashes straight in to my teeth.

I got hurt SO much as a kid, despite my cautiousness, so there's probably a few more stories for later lol

Originally Posted by Dianeva

Those are adjectives, not replacements for the noun 'pain'. My point is that poeple normally consider them to be almost interchangable, as is portrayed in the OP, when they really shouldn't be.

They are both pain. Also this is a really inconsequential thing. Why not just participate in the thread?

Originally Posted by Dianeva

Those are adjectives, not replacements for the noun 'pain'. My point is that poeple normally consider them to be almost interchangable, as is portrayed in the OP, when they really shouldn't be.

Seriously now. You're non-participating in the worst way, pointlessly debating semantics when we all know what each term means. I'm an English major, but you're being ridiculous. Participate or stop posting.

I could even debate you but 1. Too drunk 2. it doesn't fucking matter. Just get out of the thread if you're not going to contribute.

Originally Posted by tommo

Falling off this huge flying fox when I was around 12.

*Imagines you riding Tails from Sonic the Hedgehog*
That all does sound pretty bad though, some made me cringe.

Originally Posted by tommo

They are both pain. Also this is a really inconsequential thing. Why not just participate in the thread?

What you've said tells me you don't understand my problem with it at all.

Originally Posted by Grod

Seriously now. You're non-participating in the worst way, pointlessly debating semantics when we all know what each term means. I'm an English major, but you're being ridiculous.

I could even debate you but 1. Too drunk 2. it doesn't fucking matter. Just get out of the thread if you're not going to contribute.

I'm not debating semantics. The problem I have has more to do with the fact that we consider them to be interchangable. The use of the common word 'pain' is only a reflection of that.

I apologise for commenting on issues that people don't wish to discuss here. As I don't feel like participating, I will leave the thread.

Emotionally, depression... Nothing that happend to me in life ever came close to how awful that is... I'd rather have someone break both my hands with a sledgehammer everyday then go through a depression day in day out. But sadly, I "must".

Physically, my appendix.

Originally Posted by Dianeva

I don't understand why physical and emotional 'pain' are even being considered in parallel. They're two entirely separate types of experiences. The only thing they have in common is that they're both.... bad. There should really be different words for them in my opinion.

Same way people say "I love this song" vs. "I love him/her". Two different things, but they're related in the same sense. If you more than like something what is it? If something hurts you...it hurts you. Sure emotional hurt goes deeper, but there's no other way to really separate it because pain is pain. I mean we do our little part by expressing it differently so no one gets the two mixed up. (IE....that beer had me hurting the next day....vs I'm still hurt over what that bastard said to me). IMO we don't need words for every single little different thing....we just need actions, details and gestures behind them.