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Just a Little Observation - Reaction to Pain

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I had to get a printer from my aunties garage as our one has stopped working, it was in an awkward position and as I adjusted my self to move I lost grip and it fell on my finger and slammed against the edge of what it was sitting on. Anyway it REALLY hurt I haven't hurt my self that bad in a while but I didn't have an overt reaction like how I've seen everyone else in my life react to things when they hurt themselves. They will screech/scream or swear or cry.

It it got me thinking that when ever I've hurt my self I very very rarely react in that way even though it can be very very painful. I'm wondering if that's an autistic thing or not? I don't really have anyone to ask or compare to as I'm the only autistic person I know.

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  • i am going in tomorrow for an operation on my broken thumb. When it happened i tried sowing the cut myself. I have done this before when stuck on an island with no communication.  I do have a very high pain thing going on which is not good because i have continued to use badly damaged bits before and ended up in intensive care due to the infection which occurred.

    I have learned to stop doing things myself now and go to A&E etc / Doctor / GP / Surgeon.

    this must be in my medical notes somewhere because they ( the surgical team )  took me into a room and talked to me about not using my hand for a while and they were concerned i was self harming ! they asked "did you  cut yourself deliberately ?"  ehhh NO 

    then the lecture went something like....

    "stop using this hand ! do not move it,  do not take of the cast off, do not drive your car or your motorbike or your bicycle or do manual work, no fighting, no rescue missions, no helping people stuck in things etc etc etc "

    OK OK  I promise ( fingers crossed ) LOL

  • in reply to aidie

    This is me. I barely feel pain. My wife will walk into the bed and have to sit down sobbing. I do the same thing and find it funny. I once tried to hold a bit of wood between my knees while I drilled a hole in it. Only the drill bit snapped and went into my leg up to the chuck. I just pulled it and carried on. Grinning

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  • in reply to aidie

    This is me. I barely feel pain. My wife will walk into the bed and have to sit down sobbing. I do the same thing and find it funny. I once tried to hold a bit of wood between my knees while I drilled a hole in it. Only the drill bit snapped and went into my leg up to the chuck. I just pulled it and carried on. Grinning

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