how can you tell whether you have low or high pain tolerance?

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how can you tell whether you have low or high pain tolerance?

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Studies of pain tolerance often use the _cold pressor test_ – they ask the subject to submerge their hand in ice cold water and hold it there as long as possible. The longer they can hold, the higher the pain tolerance. You would need to compare your own time to some standard for ‘high’ or ‘low’ – probably based on average times for a population of similar age and sex to yourself.