# Burned my finger but didn't hurt. WTF?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 2, 2013, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burned-my-finger-but-didnt-hurt-wtf/667825 "2013-09-02T18:14:43Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 3, 2013, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burned-my-finger-but-didnt-hurt-wtf/667825/21 "2013-09-03T19:04:56Z")

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> [@The\_Man\_In\_Black](#):
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> I once sliced my index finger open requiring 7 stitches. There was no pain at all. At first I was wondering how the knife hit me with that much force and didn’t cut me, then I saw the blood running all over the place. Even after I saw the cut, there was no pain.

I managed to punch a deep hole in my arm which needed three stiches without feeling it. I kept waiting for the pain to kick in, but it never hurt at all. Neither did my microdiscectomy last year- the needle from the morphine drip I was hooked up to hurt more, ironically. It wasn’t the effect of morphine either, before someone points that out- it had a button to press for it and I didn’t- they just wouldn’t take it out until the following morning, expecting the pain to suddenly start.

Reckon I should buy myself a bell?

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