When I get any kind of shot or vaccination they always say it’ll just feel like a pinch, but for me I can feel whatever is being pushed into my arm and it’s horrible. When I got a flu shot with my mother she said that it only feels like a pinch for her, nothing else. Why does this happen?
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People have different tolerances to pain. There also is a psychological factor as well.
I have a high tolerance to pain. The only shot that bothers me are tetanus shots, but I have been told the needle is wider compared to other shots. The pain isn’t really bad for those, it’s just the lingering soreness that bothers me. Shots do not feel like pinches to me, for me I feel like I’m being stabbed by a needle, and then once its out I don’t feel it anymore. Since I literally am being stabbed, yknow…
I think when people say it only feels like a pinch, they are jusy trying to convey that the pain is not that bad. Of course, I hate being pinched so… that analogy doesn’t really work for me.
Some people are terrified of needles, so the pain from a needle may be high simply because they believe it will be bad. These people may have tattoos, and have been stabbed repeatedly by a needle. Fear of needles doesn’t mean they won’t get tattoos.
When people are hurt, they may need different levels of pain medication. I have had friends who had children and they took pain medication during labor, and several days/weeks afterward. For them, the pain was more intense and the medicine helped them get through that time period. I didn’t have any medicine for either of my children during labor nor after birth. I was offered medicine but told them no thanks.
I have two children. One child gets hurt and acts like nothing happened, even if they need to get stitches… 0.o totally happened… and my other child acts like it is the end of the world if she gets hurt in anyway whatsoever. She will scream when im brushing her hair, even if I havent even started brushing yet. She is very dramatic and has zero tolerance for pain. A scraped knee can “hurt” for weeks. Even after the scab has fully healed.
It is 100% okay to not like being stabbed by a needle. But if that’s your thing, maybe consider a nose piercing or something.
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