TBH I really can't flesh it out more. It's simply a dark humor healthcare meme.

It's through experience.

I would say it's mostly women that declare this to you in practice.

But someone who authoritatively declares "I have a high pain threshold" will inevitably down the road be one of those "I know my body types" who wouldn't listen to reason and inevitably will be demanding opioids and inappropriate treatments down the road.

Edit: r/medicine are all insufferable COVIDian traitors to the profession, but here's an old thread discussing the phenomenon

Edit2: Giving it a little more thought, I think it's patients self-identifying as "terminally unique". "I'm not like the other girls, doc". It's a disclosure that they have an inflated sense of self and hence expectations that they are better than the average bear.

TBH I really can't flesh it out more. It's simply a dark humor healthcare meme.

It's through experience.

I would say it's mostly women that declare this to you in practice.

But someone who authoritatively declares "I have a high pain threshold" will inevitably down the road be one of those "I know my body types" who wouldn't listen to reason and inevitably will be demanding opioids and inappropriate treatments down the road.

Edit: r/medicine are all insufferable COVIDian traitors to the profession, but here's an old thread discussing the phenomenon

Edit2: Giving it a little more thought, I think it's patients self-identifying as "terminally unique". "I'm not like the other girls, doc". It's a disclosure that they have a self-image and hence expectations that they are better than the average bear.

TBH I really can't flesh it out more. It's simply a dark humor healthcare meme.

It's through experience.

I would say it's mostly women that declare this to you in practice.

But someone who authoritatively declares "I have a high pain threshold" will inevitably down the road be one of those "I know my body types" who wouldn't listen to reason and inevitably will be demanding opioids and inappropriate treatments down the road.

Edit: r/medicine are all insufferable COVIDian traitors to the profession, but here's an old thread discussing the phenomenon

TBH I really can't flesh it out more. It's simply a dark humor healthcare meme.

It's through experience.

I would say it's mostly women that declare this to you in practice.

But someone who authoritatively declares "I have a high pain threshold" will inevitably down the road be one of those "I know my body types" who wouldn't listen to reason and inevitably will be demanding opioids and inappropriate treatments down the road.