For me, real pain tends to elicit a strong inhalation, a backward seething of air, the way some people react when watching someone else get hurt. Sometimes it takes a hot second for the pain to actually kick in, and if I’m alone I might swear when it hits.
But then there are times when it doesn’t hurt at all, just to later leave a bruise and the incident that caused it is forgotten. I often have bruises that I can’t explain, because I didn’t feel pain when they were caused and can’t recall all the dumb little bumps into corners I make regularly.
For me, real pain tends to elicit a strong inhalation, a backward seething of air, the way some people react when watching someone else get hurt. Sometimes it takes a hot second for the pain to actually kick in, and if I’m alone I might swear when it hits.
But then there are times when it doesn’t hurt at all, just to later leave a bruise and the incident that caused it is forgotten. I often have bruises that I can’t explain, because I didn’t feel pain when they were caused and can’t recall all the dumb little bumps into corners I make regularly.