What was the worst physical pain you ever felt?

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Fireguy17 · Accepted Answer

I tore my rotator cuff in 3 different places in the same shoulder while on a call.
It hurt like hell.
It happened on the 4th of July and I could not get it fixed until the end of July.
All I could do is bend my elbow and move my wrist.
One day I was working on my truck and I was not using my right arm at all, and I got a can of spray lube out to spray on my door hinges as they were squeaking a bit.
As I was shaking up the can of lube I knocked the cap off and my right arm without even thinking about it just reached out to grab the cap.
I remember seeing a bright flash of light and when I came to my senses I was kneeling on the gargae floor afraid to look at my shoulder.
I thought it had fallen out of the socket.
It hadn't but it sure hurt.
Rehab sucked too. I spent 5 months in rehab, but it worked pretty well, and I was able to go back to work.
I do still have some lingering issues with it and always will.

Phoenix98 · Accepted Answer

Probably when one of my ribs moved. I was in so much physical pain that I was basically confined to a chair for at least 2 weeks. And to make it worse the rib had moved in such a way that every time I took a breath one of my lungs expanded right into it so my lung got poked by the rib every time and it felt like a knife stabbing me every time I breathed

So I had to be really careful to not yawn or take large breaths I also couldn't laugh or sneeze and had to actually hold it in which was quite hard it also would make my throat tickle which would induce laughing and sneezing it was awful.

trinibaddie · Accepted Answer

Here are a couple:

I crashed my bike and the whole handlebar impaled my leg, I pulled it out and it didn't hurt it just felt really warm. However 20 minutes passed and it started feeling painful Id say 6/10.

I had to get my lip drained because I had an abscess in it. I looked like one of those girls with crazy lip filler. The ER rushed me and gave me barley any pain meds. if you have had an abscess you know there is a lot of pressure and pain in that are or infected skin. I couldn't eat or drink for the next 36 hours after. I also had an MRSA abscess on my thigh.

My lower lip looked like this lady's upper lip in that right hand photo. It was swollen af.

Also I had a severe allergy reaction last night and went to the ER, not as painful as everything else but my throat was very itchy.

Then 2 years ago I had strep throat, it is painful to swallow anything, food or water, I hated to eat during that time. It felt like you are swallowing a knife or a sharp object cutting the inside of your throat.

DancingQueen16 · Accepted Answer

I remember one time a few years ago my sides started hurting out of nowhere and it was really painful and I think when I was about 9 or 10 two of my molars started growing in the roof of my mouth and in a little less than a month I'm going to be getting my wisdom teeth taken out

BungusHighFivePizza · Answer

Oddly in spite of breaking many bones, there was this one time I fell while doing a stunt where I managed to break just my index and middle finger bones snapping them backwards that sent this sort of electric shock of pain through my entire body.

And again I've broken many other bones, and far larger ones like tibia, humerus, mandible, etc, and I felt that shock before. But that one oddly sent the biggest jolt of shock through my body. I was really in so much pain for the following minute with my ears ringing and fingers bent backward.

That said, this is like immediate pain. That pain wasn't so bad the next week. I think chronic pain bothers me more so there was also this one time where I had broken jaw, nose, ribs, and both arms broken at the same time along with teeth missing. So even breathing hurt and I couldn't eat by myself with two broken arms. So I had to be spoonfed by nurse but then my jaw was broken so I was often gagging and trying not to vomit.

humanearth · Answer

There are a Couple of times

When I got an ax stuck in my knee cap

When I got mugged and stabbed with a knife (almost died that day)

Toothache pain, I had a tooth break in two when a baseball hit me in the face. ( I was at a Milwaukee Brewers Game in the audience and a flyball flew into my face)

I guess them are the 3 biggies

Anonymous · Answer

Pulmonary embolism. There was pain but it felt like i was dying. I had trouble breathing and chest pain to make it worse. I thought i was gonna die but i didn't. the blood clot dissolved on it's own after 8 months. Unfortunately, i still suffer from complications but im happy to be alive. Sometimes have to stop to catch my breath when going for a jog or taking stairs. I feel like a 80 year old know. My obesity was the obvious cause of the pulmonary embolism. So if you are overweight and don't want to end up like me you have to lose weight!!.

CheeseMonster · Answer

Probably the worst was having the chains in my mouth tightened. They went from the braces up into my gums and attached to teeth up in there, so tightening them was pulling them through an actual healing wound. It hurt bad enough I was in tears every time, and that's what sets it as worst. I don't ever remember tearing up from another pain.

OfMiceandMen · Answer

Likely sewing a 2 inch gash in my head with a needle and thread after accidentally crashing into the front of a steel boat trying to rescue my equipment bag before it hopped overboard on 8 ft swells. The boat operator was going to fast when we left the relatively calm water conditions associate with the islands and entered the open water.

douride2 · Answer

To be honest I'm not sure. I was run down by a car, to many broken bones to mention. I have had 2 major heart attacks. The first felt like an elephant was standing on my chest. All in ll I think the worst pain was kidney stones. Only because the pain lasted for 6-8 hrs. It felt like someone shoved a long knife into my side & kept twisting it.

DesiUwU · Answer

probably period cramps, it's worse than being burnt by cigarettes. you'd think i'd be used to them by now

lightbulb27 · Answer

Direct kick in the testacle and it wasn't so bad immediately, but I hit the floor. Several hours later it was debilitating. I learned a valuable lesson... don't trust other people and go to the Dr. immediately!

I keep learning lessons about trust, because I repeated that later, so I didn't learn it well enough.

Maybe the answer is to trust God (intuition/instinct)! I recall right before the incident, thinking to put on a cup, but I was rushed so didn't do it. Paid the price.

Dinosaursandanime65 · Answer

I think either the time I fell in the shower and hit my front teeth on the faucet, or the other time I hit my foot with exponential force against a food box. It hurt all night, like being chained to steel chair that’s so cold and being force fed to the point you wish you died when you were 3.

Paulychicagoluv · Answer

I've had kidney stones, broke a few bones, had surgeries, but this one stood out. It was towards the end of the work day, and all the sudden I get this excruciating shooting pain from my neck to the tip of my fingers in my right arm. Like a knife was going through me and hitting every nerve. I couldn't move my arm for over 3 hours. To this day I have no idea what it was. The doctors at the VA have no clue what they are doing

mobiusforniner · Answer

Hands down, kidney stone attack. I blacked out while undergoing a grueling 3hr episode of curled up and rolling on the floor, heaving, sweats, vomiting, and crying.

I actually told my wife I wanted to die. It would have better.

exitseven · Answer

I had a total hip replacement. the pain was not acute but it went on for a long time.

CrimsonAngel09 · Answer

Had 24/7 kidney stone in 2018 for nearly two weeks. Literally never ate anything that whole time.

Elise1989 · Answer

Haha! Not much.. I fear pain so I avoid accidents like the plague.

Perhaps when I was 10 yo and fell off a tree while playing catches or something.. landed first on my chin, had a deep cut but didn't need stitches, haha...

Possibly the worst pain for me has been emotional. I hate feeling betrayed / rejected / isolated. That scars my heart.

Otherwise, the first few sexytimes were painful too. Physically and emotionally. I guess I wish I was still a virgin.. 😁

4ngelic · Answer

i once had an extreme extreme headache that was so bad it made made me go blind for 30 min and i almost passed out from the pain. painkillers didn't help that much either

Dinklex3 · Answer

Gastroenteritis. I’ve never cried so much in my life, lmao. Was puking black blood from my stomach and pretty sure I had a heart attack which was ignored 😅

Screenwriter · Answer

After the morphine wore off after an ankle operation that put screws in to fix my broken ankle. Childbirth wasn't as painful. Felt. like my ankle was being sawed off!!! RRRRgggg...

DryGermanGuy · Answer

A broken rib I did not know about at first. Every wrong movement, especially in a lying position, caused extreme pain that radiated into the whole upper body.

worldscolide · Answer

My wisdom tooth nearly killing me. I literally had no pain post surgery, which the doctor said was astonishing, it was the first time in 10 years I was pain free in my mouth. This was in April of 2013.

PBandJ_Nerd · Answer

When I drank too much caffeine at 21 and got acid reflux from it. Nobody took me to the doctor even though it hurt for days badly.

talka20 · Answer

Outta such pains one was gastric that i had in my tummy... it was a tight grip of mixed up stuck farts... it took hours of trying and medicines to finally let em out

Dnice1 · Answer

Getting stung by a caterpillar, the pain is worse than you can imagine

Nominal · Answer

My foot finger tip cracked. Kicked at the grass with bare foot. Misswd to kick the soccer ball.

TallAnon · Answer

I hurt my ankle pretty bad during martial arts at some point, took a week before I could walk stairs again. I also think I fractured a part of my shin in my childhood, it's still a weak point, but it was never looked into.

DJB72 · Answer

Kidney stones. Closely followed by five broken ribs from CPR. But kidney stones are as close as a man get to labour. Gout isn't a picnic either

Quackthulu2 · Answer

Broken wrist… and then trying to use it again like a dumb ass.

smilelots · Answer

Had my finger cut off right to the hand.. that was bad also had a carbon monoxide poisoning that was hell almost died.. very bad headache. dont do that one.

AviatorTom · Answer

I had a kidney stone that was extremely painful for two weeks. The derpy before it was going to be removed, I passed it. From worst pain to elation in just a few seconds.

HippieVeganJewslim · Answer

Twice, wasps stung me. I’m allergic. I couldn’t use my hand for one time and my thigh the second time.

collie22 · Answer

I well I think it was the worst hurt getting punch in the nose , thankfully he had on boxing I gloves

Iron_Man · Answer

Pinch lower nerve years ago on lower back right on my birthday too, but I sucked it up and still went

Texaskid1 · Answer

Sciatic nerve pain from my lower back down to my ankle.

bolverk · Answer

Dislocating my knee cap and tearing the the tendons around it, took surgery to correct it.

jamesgoldman · Answer

Tough call between my broken toe and myopericarditis

Sparkie460 · Answer

I feel like I've answered this question before not too long ago but my answer is breaking ribs. That is the worst pain I've ever experienced. It lasted for several weeks. It hurt to breath, laugh, cough, sneeze, and move.

Fromdusktilldawn · Answer

When I was a kid and had a door slammed into my fingers

Ben487 · Answer

I tore my labrum and rotator cuff doing a back handspring and that was probably the worst pain I ever felt.  Either that or the time both my eardrums got infected and eventually burst.

Mark987 · Answer

Definitely tooth pain.. followed by breaking my ankle. Tooth pain was unbearable

Pacman13 · Answer

When I took a laxative. That was surprisingly painful.

westsideman · Answer

Chest pain when I thought I would have a stroke.

Anonymous · Answer

Two girls once beat me up , and being females they decided to attack my balls really brutally

Bklynbadboy12 · Answer

That would be when I hyper extended my my in the wrong direction playing football

PointTaken · Answer

Hit in the ribs with a sack of potatoes.

Charliefretz329 · Answer

Probably impacted bowel…. Worse than kindness stones.

Katie1964 · Answer

Kidney Stones. Way worse than child birth

whereismyjohnny · Answer

Ear infection with a perforated eardrum. 🥴

Bekaaaaaaaahhhh · Answer

post leg day cramp LOL

ArrowheadSW · Answer

Probably when I had a kidney stone.

EmmaMary · Answer

Giving birth.

Anonymous · Answer

When I slipped in the shower and broke two ribs.

Akam93 · Answer

When I sprained my arm.

Samantha_17 · Answer

Toothache. Jesus Christ. It was horrible.

TrillXHippy · Answer

Injured my lower back years ago at work

Fuentes · Answer

Not sure if I know lol

sirderpsalot123 · Answer

Football to the nuts

RockyHammock · Answer

Scratching your cornea, it's the worst.

_Troian_ · Answer

Liver body shot indeed..

chicken_nugget24 · Answer

Walking

Batsy01010101 · Answer

kidney stones

Christoff92 · Answer

Lower back

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