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MarkHirsbrunner t1_iyuddu5 wrote

I was given demerol in 2005 when they were cleaning dead flesh from an MRSA infected spider bite. It was the weirdest sensation, I could feel the pain but it had none of.the emotional component to it, I don't care or want it to stop.

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JackPoe t1_iyumqew wrote

I feel like that sometimes even sober. Like as long as I know it's just pain and not damage my brain kinda ignores it. I know it's happening but I'm easily distracted

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MarkHirsbrunner t1_iywdhih wrote

This is why I like intensely spicy foods. I use hot sauces with 6 digit scoville ratings. My entire mouth feels like it's burning but it doesn't bother me at all because I know it's just a trick played on my heat receptors, and the high I get from the endorphins my brain releases feels good.

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blazz_e t1_iyvmtrd wrote

morphine does this too, it basically made me ok with the pain but didn’t really take it away

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halfabrandybuck t1_iyy0pew wrote

I’ve heard it described that way too. The pain is still there but it’s no longer experienced as suffering.

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