Pain

[Eve]

What's the most painful thing you have ever experienced, to make it interesting both:

1. Physically.

2. Emotionally.

I'm guessing childbirth is going to figure highly in the former, if so, try and give a second too :)

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[~max~]

Physical: severe ear infection in both ears when I was 12. I remember asking my mum to kill me, the pain was so bad I really wanted to die. Rushed to hospital, woke up the OT specialist in the middle of the night (who said he had never seen anything like it before), got put on a drip and stayed in hospital for 2 weeks. That was bad enough, but then I got an allergic reaction from the strong antibiotic they gave me in the drip (never tested on children), and developped polyarthritis in all my limbs. Re-hospital, this one for 2 months. Those 2 things are the most painful experiences I have ever had.

Emotional: my relationship (or lack of now) with my father, whom I haven't seen in 12 years. I don't know where he is, not even if he is still alive. He has hurt me more than anybody else. :-(

But hey, I'm ok now! lol :O)

[ummmm]

Physically........breaking my hand. I still remember the pain. Although it doesn't last as long as childbirth

Emotionally......I thought it was when my aunty was killed in a motorbike accident. But in the summer her daughter got married in a very unconventional wedding. I was so happy to be there but as soon as I saw her I broke down. My reaction even shocked me as I'm not a very emotional person. I have never cried so much in my life.

[milly143]

Damaging my coccyx ********* in 7 excrutiating opperations to try and fix the problems. I was in tears for almost 2 years because it hurt so much all the time. Thinking about how painful that was makes me feel sick to the stomach. Although I am quite proud of the huge scar I have up my back.

Lots of this emotionally, although I'm really lucky to have never lost anyone really close to me. I think realising how wrong I'd been about a certain, fairly serious situation and realsing there was not a thing I could do to change it.

[milly143]

I don't know why that is starred out, all it said was 'resulting in'.

[enigma]

1) Injuring my SI joint , which I didn't know existed until I injured it ! I'm still in agony and have to go for physio. Worse than childbirth and I should know , i've got three kids.

2) Arguing with my gran before she died over something really stupid and not getting the chance to make up with her because I was too stubborn to say sorry. It's been nearly twelve years and i'm finally starting to let go of the pain and hurt.

[unruliejulie]

hi jenna, physically was definitely childbirth, one labour 24 hours the other 25 and way more painful than the first.
emotionally was the death of my Dad when i was 17 back in '85, 2nd to that was my miscarriage.