What is the science behind people having different pain tolerances?

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In my family my mom and sister cannot stand anything, whereas my dad and I have pretty high tolerances and aren’t fussy about anything. How does this work?

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Just like every other thing you can think of – humanity has a wide band work. From height to vocal tone to nose width to intelligence…..outside of “what will kill us (or keeps us alive)” has a wide range of tolerances/outcomes

Pain has a physiological and psychological component.

Some people can feel intense pain and not react in spit of that pain; some people will have an outburst at the slightest paper cut

For some people smashing a finger with a hammer simply doesn’t register as that high degree of pain, no different than bumping into a door at night.

I’d wager the woman(generally) were nurtured into pain = receiving comfort; so any injury they want outside intervention…..whereas men are generally tough it out and move on

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