Why do doctors usually say there might be some pressure/discomfort before doing something that’s going to hurt real bad?

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Why do they tend to downplay it so much most of the time? Do they truly not think it will be painful? Or is there some other reason for that?

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Downplaying the pain that’s going to be felt can be an effective way to control the fear around procedure so it can be done. For example, if that doc told me what he was going to do by resetting my broken arm, I probably would have booked it from his office and just let it heal wrong before he ever had a chance to do anything

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