https://www.believemypain.com/
Years ago I posted a study on here that came to the “same” conclusion. Which is, when asked, black people believe they don’t receive equal pain management, despite no medical difference in diagnosis. The absurdity is unreal.
Ok, weird thought here. I doubt most people understand pain. Breaking a femur is considered the absolute worst pain to experience. Even Child Birth is below it. I've broken a femur, and had to slowly heal which meant dealing with a lot of pain. Because of that I have a higher pain threshold.
I know people who have experienced a 5/10 at best. Since this is the highest pain they have experienced, it is all they have to compare to. So it may be low in reality, to them that is a 10. It then transfers. A 3 is actually a 6 or even an 8.
A friend of mine had a botched brain operation and has opinions on pain meds. Definitely a high count. So pain relief for the friend is very different than others. An aspirin is for a 3-4, while a friend who has only experienced a 6 will think they need a delatin for their pain. Yes I know I misspelled it.
So getting the same prescription might not work because of all these people who think their 2 is an 8.
I have personally found that one's perception of pain is closely tied to one's mental state. In my early 20s when I was in the depths of depression, I felt constant aches and pains all over my body, and every little niggle or physical inconvenience would manifest itself as physical pain, to the point where I thought there was something seriously physiologically wrong with me.
Now that I am married, exercise regularly, and am successful in my career, my overall daily experience of pain is greatly reduced. Things which I used to have to take pills for I can shrug off without issue. I presume this is because the body produces more natural pain killers when you are in a better mental state. That might go someway to explain how different people's pain threshold changes not just with their experience of pain, but their life circumstances.
That is a great insight. I've found that I work harder because I have a wife and kids. This is partially from trying to afford them.