My friend convinced me to get an eraser burn "tattoo" on my hand, it was all pink and bloody for a while.. Forever scarred.
My most painful experience was when I fell down my the stair-way to my room when I had H1N1 Flu. I didn't slip, I just lost the strength to actually make it up the stairs. Luckily I didn't break anything, but for the rest of the week I was on the couch because my Dad flipped out.
Ahh, the H1N1/swine flu. My school had a horrible outbreak of it, worse than pretty much anywhere else in the developed world. The school was shut down for over a week, and this was a few days before mid-year exams, so it was the perfect study opportunity. People made fun of the whole thing, wearing facemasks and exaggerating and making a scene in classes and assemblies.
I slipped and fell on my ass when I was a kid and then for some damn reason I couldn't breath and I started gasping for air. I'm no doctor but how the hell does me falling on my ass affects my ability to breath? gasping for air not only hurts but it will really scare the shit out of you.
If I remember correctly, it is something to do with shock. I'm most likely wrong but it just breifly comes to my mind when I think about that.
I wonder why ( IDK if this is real ) but in movies people usually dont feel pain until they see the bullet wound.
It could be something happened to your spine when you fell. I think a strong adrenalin rush can prevent pain for a little while.
In times of extreme duress, the brain releases a chemical that will numb pain for a brief period. It is only a small amount, and usually lasts for only a minute or two (enough to get away), and is not strong enough to block pain completely (for good reason). During pregnancy, women store greater amounts of this chemical, allowing the body to endure the pain of birth.
Endorphins are what you mean. Adrenaline is related, it's the chemical your body releases when it anticipates you are about to enter a dangerous, competitive etc situation, and needs to either "fight or flight". It increases your heart and breathing rate, redirects blood to your muscles, heart, lungs and brain, causes fat and glucose in your body to be burned for energy, among other things. Often adrenaline and endorphin is released at the same time.
