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Giovanni012
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23 Apr 2016, 9:29 am

I've fractured and broken my bones a couple of times thinking it was fine which leaves me wondering if other people with Asperger's also have an unusually high pain tolerance as well.



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23 Apr 2016, 9:41 am

I am the exacttly oposite I have low pain tollerance I don't know why



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23 Apr 2016, 11:20 am

Autism makes some senses more sensitive and others less sensitive, exactly how each sense is affected varies from person to person. In my case I believe I am over sensitive to pain so I have a low pain tolerance, but it seems that the OP is under sensitive to pain.


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04 May 2016, 6:57 am

Oh, how low are your tolerances?



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04 May 2016, 7:59 am

Giovanni012 wrote:
Oh, how low are your tolerances?


I don't know how low is but it is low



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08 May 2016, 2:47 pm

I have an incredibly high pain tolerance, and it's coupled a miraculous amount of luck at minimizing injuries when something does happen. Hit by a car twice while riding my bike (2013 and 2015), no injuries either time, though one of those times my bike needed replacing. Several bike crashes on pavement that left me looking like i got into a fight in an alley, walked or rode home each time with minimal difficulty or noticable pain. But i do feel all of that pain, i might scream and swear for a minute or two, but then i move on almost like it didn't happen. Several injuries that would leave my NT friends crying, screaming on the ground or both, i've walked off like it didn't happen. My worst injuries excluding cuts, scrapes, bruises, and a 2nd degree burn on my hand in elementary school was a hyper extended leg at 7 years old. By all accounts i should have broken a bone or joint several times by now but through some miracle i haven't. Never needed stitches, a cast, or crutches before.



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08 May 2016, 4:17 pm

My dentist recently commented on my high pain tolerance.

Yet, I can't tolerate wool sweaters or tags in the back of my shirt.



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08 May 2016, 5:13 pm

I have a high pain intolerance except when it comes to my stomach. Digestive problems are my Achilles heel. Other than that, I tend to ignore pain pretty easily. When I go paintballing, people think I'm crazy because I'll only wear a t-shirt and shorts while everyone else is padded up. Hell, a cousin of mine would pay me to shoot me in the arm with various airsoft guns. Didn't phase me a bit.



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09 May 2016, 8:06 am

JeanES wrote:
My dentist recently commented on my high pain tolerance.

Yet, I can't tolerate wool sweaters or tags in the back of my shirt.


I'll rip the tags off as soon as I see them, the feeling you get is overwhelming when it rubs on you. How about two fabrics rubbing on each other?



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09 May 2016, 8:15 am

Pileo wrote:
I have a high pain intolerance except when it comes to my stomach. Digestive problems are my Achilles heel. Other than that, I tend to ignore pain pretty easily. When I go paintballing, people think I'm crazy because I'll only wear a t-shirt and shorts while everyone else is padded up. Hell, a cousin of mine would pay me to shoot me in the arm with various airsoft guns. Didn't phase me a bit.



Stomach pains are the worst, they'll double you over quick. At least you'll be though as a badass during paintball, and getting money for getting shot sounds like a good trade.



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09 May 2016, 8:18 am

Abyssalrider wrote:
I have an incredibly high pain tolerance, and it's coupled a miraculous amount of luck at minimizing injuries when something does happen. Hit by a car twice while riding my bike (2013 and 2015), no injuries either time, though one of those times my bike needed replacing. Several bike crashes on pavement that left me looking like i got into a fight in an alley, walked or rode home each time with minimal difficulty or noticable pain. But i do feel all of that pain, i might scream and swear for a minute or two, but then i move on almost like it didn't happen. Several injuries that would leave my NT friends crying, screaming on the ground or both, i've walked off like it didn't happen. My worst injuries excluding cuts, scrapes, bruises, and a 2nd degree burn on my hand in elementary school was a hyper extended leg at 7 years old. By all accounts i should have broken a bone or joint several times by now but through some miracle i haven't. Never needed stitches, a cast, or crutches before.


Cycling isn't the sport for people with a low pain tolerance. :D

When I was hit by a car, my shoulder was badly injured, but I felt nothing for about 20 minutes. I was up off the ground right away, and swearing my head off at the driver because my bike was in pieces. It wasn't until I reached down to unstrap my shoes, to climb into an ambulance for a quick exam, that I felt my shoulder. That hurt. 8O

I was riding again, on my spare bike, the next day. :wink:


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09 May 2016, 9:27 am

Abyssalrider wrote:
I have an incredibly high pain tolerance, and it's coupled a miraculous amount of luck at minimizing injuries when something does happen. Hit by a car twice while riding my bike (2013 and 2015), no injuries either time, though one of those times my bike needed replacing. Several bike crashes on pavement that left me looking like i got into a fight in an alley, walked or rode home each time with minimal difficulty or noticable pain. But i do feel all of that pain, i might scream and swear for a minute or two, but then i move on almost like it didn't happen. Several injuries that would leave my NT friends crying, screaming on the ground or both, i've walked off like it didn't happen. My worst injuries excluding cuts, scrapes, bruises, and a 2nd degree burn on my hand in elementary school was a hyper extended leg at 7 years old. By all accounts i should have broken a bone or joint several times by now but through some miracle i haven't. Never needed stitches, a cast, or crutches before.


Are you sure that you're not a god? Getting hit twice and being fine is pretty impressive. And the feeling pain part is understandable, it's like the pain is there, but not enough to faze you, but it can also make it hard to know if there really is something wrong with you. Are you over sensitive to other thing, sight, sound et cetera?



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09 May 2016, 9:30 am

Basso53 wrote:

Cycling isn't the sport for people with a low pain tolerance. :D

When I was hit by a car, my shoulder was badly injured, but I felt nothing for about 20 minutes. I was up off the ground right away, and swearing my head off at the driver because my bike was in pieces. It wasn't until I reached down to unstrap my shoes, to climb into an ambulance for a quick exam, that I felt my shoulder. That hurt. 8O

I was riding again, on my spare bike, the next day. :wink:

What was wrong with your shoulder, though? You could've had a bunch of adrenaline rushing through you, which is why it took twenty minutes to feel the pain.



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09 May 2016, 1:20 pm

Giovanni012 wrote:
Basso53 wrote:

Cycling isn't the sport for people with a low pain tolerance. :D

When I was hit by a car, my shoulder was badly injured, but I felt nothing for about 20 minutes. I was up off the ground right away, and swearing my head off at the driver because my bike was in pieces. It wasn't until I reached down to unstrap my shoes, to climb into an ambulance for a quick exam, that I felt my shoulder. That hurt. 8O

I was riding again, on my spare bike, the next day. :wink:

What was wrong with your shoulder, though? You could've had a bunch of adrenaline rushing through you, which is why it took twenty minutes to feel the pain.


Dislocated a/c joint and damage to the tendon. I agree about the delayed response. The pain tolerance was why I could continue to ride until I had surgery to repair the damage. :wink:


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09 May 2016, 3:49 pm

Basso53 wrote:
Dislocated a/c joint and damage to the tendon. I agree about the delayed response. The pain tolerance was why I could continue to ride until I had surgery to repair the damage. :wink:


Sounds pretty bad, did it at least heal up nice?



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10 May 2016, 10:01 am

Giovanni012 wrote:
JeanES wrote:
My dentist recently commented on my high pain tolerance.

Yet, I can't tolerate wool sweaters or tags in the back of my shirt.


I'll rip the tags off as soon as I see them, the feeling you get is overwhelming when it rubs on you. How about two fabrics rubbing on each other?


That depends.
I'm all about layers of silky/fuzzy fabrics.

Denim?
Oh no.
I quit smoking last year and gained half my body weight (oops, but I've almost lost half it again and fifteen years of cigs vs two of weight loss is acceptable)... anyway, it freaks me out still sometimes when my thighs rub if I have jeans on.
So I started wearing stretchy pants, because this is America. :jester:

So... yeah. It's the stiffness/texture of the fabric, for me.
(Also, holy cow that noise that corduroy makes rubbing sometimes. Owowowowowowowowow.)