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@Robbo, why am I not surprised that you have piercings?
Physical pain doesn’t just boost your adrenaline. It also releases a rush of endorphins.
I have a couple of tattoos, and I remember the pleasant buzz of endorphins that kicked in after the artist had been working on me for a while.
In fact, the tattoo parlour warned me to have something to eat about half an hour before coming in for my appointment. Because if I didn’t, the rush of endorphins would make me pass out.
Fast-forward to the day I had the drainage tubes removed, a week after my panniculectomy, last summer…
When the nurse removed the first one, YEOWCH!!! And then, I felt a sudden rush of chills and shakes and wobbliness, and she quickly put me into the chair and applied a cool washcloth to my head.
I said, “I think I just found out why they tell you not to get a tattoo on an empty stomach. That’s a hell of an endorphin rush.”
The nurse was impressed.
She was even more impressed when I turned the air blue, as she removed the second drainage tube. This time, I was okay.
“Mythbusters” was right. Swearing *does* raise your pain threshold!
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