How do you coup with pain?

[Bootbunny]

Well for physical pain I pretend that it is waaay worse then it actually is, which oddly enough works (never had any SERIOUS physical pain in my life, so idk how well it would do on that)

As for emotional, I just think about it a lot. Every aspect about it. All the what ifs, all future possibilities, all the heres and all the nows. Catch my drift?

 

[Jakub324]

I usually tell myself it's not so bad or swear a lot, or if my dogs around, sit with him. I have no idea why that last one works.

 

[SirDoom]

Minor pain- Turn on my masochist side and sit back.
Major pain- Get in the position that makes the area hurt the least, adopt a "short but deep inhaling, slow and constant exhaling" breathing system, and seek help from there.

Emotional pain- ignore it if small, wait it out if major. You can't really do much for that. Taking your mind off of it only delays it's end.

 

[Asuka Soryu]

If it's a headache I take pain pills, if it's something else I tend to ignore it. If that doesn't work, I get annoyed and try to beat the wound more, so that after the immense pain, it won't hurt in comparison to the moment when I did that.

 

[JustShyofGenius]

Lashing out by pointing out spelling and grammar errors. It's cope, you fool!

 

[masher]

If it's something small, like I stubbed my toe, I laugh through the pain. If it's bigger, I curse the sun away. If it's internal, headache or stomachache, I hunker down and wait it out, moaning and groaning the whole way.

 

[Kernalgohd]

Physical pain? well despite being a scrawny nerd, i believe you cant relieve pain properly without feeling a large amount first, so i seek the most painful way to fix my pain, Mental pain i just try to forget about it, you know, play games and such.... maybe I got a lot of that and that's why I'm a nerd... huh... its a thinker...

 

[falafax]

Swearing. A bucketful of swearing with the occasional punching something.

 

[Astoria]

Physical pain I cope by either distracting myself or swearing a lot. Emotional pain I just don't really deal with and I tend to get self destructive which isn't good I know.

 

[Reaper195]

Physical pain? I just curse loudly if no one is around, or I make loudish grunting/yelling noises, which usually end in swearing anyway. As for emotional pain....well, it depends on what it is. But either alcohol (As I have done too many times in the past) or simply move on with life and find something constructive to do for a while.

 

[Hugga_Bear]

Well I find pain very useful for coups, I opt to apply it liberally to all who oppose me.

Severe physical pain tends to leave me angry more than anything else, it just pisses me off, really badly.

Similarly illness really pisses me off, if I'm feverish I get furious that I can't just get better and tend to get pretty angry about it. Not lashing out at anyone angry, just growling and finding a punching bag to play with.

Emotional pain tends to deaden me, my best defence is to close off and just go emotionless. Not even I know what's going on there but serious emotional pain leaves me empty for a long time.

 

[Weslebear]

Physical? Gritted teeth or swearing if it's bad or just being annoyed if it's minor.

Emotional? Cry. Get it out of your system and move on. Holding it in fucks you up and makes it hurt worse.

 

[blankedboy]

Coop.

I tend to just ignore it if I can. If it gets bad, silent screams do me well.

 

[Polarity27]

I have moderate-to-occasionally-severe chronic pain and it's endless, unless they cure what I have I will have this for the rest of my life. Meds that abate the symptoms for other people (lyrica, primarily) don't work for me.

So yeah, I take a lot of painkillers. I also stretch, exercise, use ice and heat, use topical analgesics like tiger balm (no good for a broken leg but great for muscle spasms). When it's really bad, I play FPS games to distract myself. And like you, I get very sarcastic. And ragey/ranty. I'm probably not pleasant when I'm flaring, but if you're not my target I'm told I'm rather entertaining.

 

[Kuroneko97]

Physical Pain: I either try to ignore it, or take some painkillers. If neither works, I just groan.

Emotional Pain: I just wait until I'm alone if I need to cry. If I don't I go over what's making me sad or hurt in my head.

 

[MasTerHacK]

I learn English.

 

[jakeblues1295]

With me if I don't know the pain is coming my mind can almost completely block it out, like when I was 8 I jumped in a pool backwards and hit my jaw on the concrete edge spliting and cracking it, but I didn't realize it until one of my friends told me. But if I know the pain is coming like with shots there is nothing I can do.

 

[KenzS]

I constantly get kidney stones. Hydromorphone is my cure, but that's unavailable. Does alcohol count? I suppose not.

Driving my motorcycle definitely helps. Anything that gets my adrenaline going usually helps with pain, really takes your mind off it. Physical activity too, hit the gym if you're not too crippled.

 

[TacticalAssassin1]

If it isn't real bad pain, like some asshole pinching me, I take comfort in the fact that it is doing no real damage to me. After all, pain is a way to let the body know that damage is being done, so if damage is not being done, why take any notice of the pain?
If it's real bad pain, think about video games. Or if it's bad enough, swear and squirm until it's gone.

 

[Korolev]

I deal with pain the old fashioned way, with grit, determination and under-my-breath cursing! I purposefully look at my injured body part and focus on the pain with the determination that I'll fight it!

Works great for stubbed toes. For anything worse just panadol! If Panadol is unavailable I recommend cursing above your breath. If that doesn't work, loud cursing should be attempted. If THAT doesn't work, just scream. It won't take away the pain, but it WILL give you something to do. And at the end of the day, isn't that what we all want? Or is it just me? If it's just me then I'll go sit in a corner and think about what I wrote.

But seriously, do try screaming. Or raging against the universe. It often works for me! Build up your hatred till all you can feel is HATE! Hate is known to devour pain.