When Is It Not Healthy to “Tolerate the Pain”?
Question by Lilliana: When is it not healthy to “Tolerate the pain”?
I don’t like taking medicine… I avoid it as much as possible… are you like this? Is it dangerous at some point in time?
BESIDES the obvious if it’s fatal incidents (shot, burning, etc) for those who were about to give a smart-butt answer
Best answer:
Answer by tan0301
I agree on the medicines and I have been tolerating pain for about 2 years now since an accident. I have prescription pain meds but I don’t like to take them. I tolerate the pain up until the point where it is debilitating and then I have to do something about it.. now if I am at home.. then I will just curl up.. if I am out that isn’t an option and I will have to take the med. I do notice that after several days of really bad pain my moods aren’t so happy and my mental status is probably on the verge of snapping and I am slower in my reflexes.. so that probably isn’t healthy.. But is taking the meds healthier? I don’t know.
Answer by crimanetly
Nothing wrong with tolerating the pain, as long as you aren’t ignoring something that is ongoing for many months that could be a condition.
People have done without “drugs” for centuries and still do in many countries. You are allowing your body to fight things on it’s own and I would think that means you are pretty healthy since your body has been doing it so far for ya.
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