Pain mistaken for mood disorder

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As apparently many on the spectrum , I, too, have a distorted pain perception.
Famously, I once opened a pressure cooker filled with over-heated greasy bone broth, which then exploded out of the pot onto my arms and surroundings. I didn't feel the need to go to the hospital. I put some snow on it instead.
My family members believed me for about half an hour, by then even I noticed the sting of superficial second degree burn.
I burn and cut myself on a daily basis, only to notice it hours later.

But that's not what my question is about.
What 'd like to know is if anyone else has experience in misattributing pain, i.e. instead of experiencing pain, getting grumpy, depressed, or panicky, without realizing why.
I'm asking because, over the course of the last year I have been experiencing intense abdominal pain at times, with cramps and all, and at the same time, and much more irritating to me, bouts of depression and panic.
It took me months to draw the connection between the two. For some reason, I experienced them as not related and ignored the pain bit.
(don't worry, I did go to see doctors, curently waiting for lab results and appointment for ultrasound, but over the course of this year I also have had blood tests and colonoscopy. I'm in the process of getting checked, and it's probably nothing too serious. But whether it's a gallstone, and these intense waves of pain are actually gallbladder-attacks which, as I read, force NTs down on their knees is not clear yet).
Now that I'm aware of my abdominal pain, I don't get panic attacks anymore. But I also can't ignore the pain as well anymore.

anyone else ever exerienced something that turned out to be physical pain, but primarily manifested itself as something different?