Famed French dramatist and poet, Alfred de Musset, said, “Man is a pupil, pain is his teacher,” and we’d say he really hit the nail on the head. Whether it’s emotional or physical, pain can mold the way we live our lives in undeniable ways.
One netizen turned to the internet to ask the question, “What is a pain you can’t truly explain until you’ve endured it?” and an online community didn’t hold back with their answers. Here’s a collection of the ones we found most devastating.
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#1
Losing my dog. I know it seems so minor compared to bigger life problems but nothing has broken my heart more than losing him.
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#2
Losing a child.
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#3
Chronic pain with no hope of relief.
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#4
Gall stones.
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#5
Losing a parent.
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#6
Ovarian cyst bursting.
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#7
It’s actually painless but tinnitus. No one knows how bad it is until u have it really bad.
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#8
Sciatic nerve pain.
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#9
Looking at my old photos and nostalgia causes an inexplicable pain inside, with happiness, longing, sadness, regrets, pride…
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#10
Being mentally ill. Bpd, depression, worsening anxiety by the day, paranoia, ptsd. even autism, though ive delt with it my whole life, causes so many problems in my daily life. And knowing that something is wrong with you but not having access to treatment or help makes all of that so much worse. Its always extreme high or extreme low, and it always hurts. .
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#11
Going through a miscarriage.
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#12
Having your cervix clamped open and an IUD forced into your uterus with no pain management.
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#13
Really any chronic pain, in my case arthritis. It just destroys you, in every way. Physically, mentally, socially. You can’t do anything and it just doesn’t go away.
#14
Loss of a sibling.
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#15
When I moved to Australia, I had the misfortune of getting stung by a stonefish. The pain really is indescribable. I always wear thick beach shoes in the water from now on and even then I try not to set my feet down in the water.
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#16
Tooth aches, there is sharp pain and there is dull pain, and a tooth ache is the most excruciating dull pain i have endured. When I was 18 I cut a nerve, and couldn’t see a dentist for 3 days. I thought some pretty dark thoughts about how to deal with it, my only relief came from depriving myself of oxygen when I dug my head into my pillow. I think my pain tolerance sky rocketed that weekend .
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#17
Kidney stones for decades because of a congenital defects and a wrecked back from a congenital defect I’ve had 4 surgeries on now and still will never be pain free. Just able to walk.
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#18
I couldn’t understand how people are so afraid of talking to other people until i developed social anxiety after covid… Sweating while thinking about talking to someone is such a pain…
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#19
Divorce when you don’t want it.
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#20
Fibromyalgia. Pain in all parts of the body all the time, In addition to all the other health problems that accompany fibromyalgia.
#21
Gout can be excruciating, it is caused by tiny uric acid crystal needles forming in your joints, stabbing you inside your joints.
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