# I like certain types of pain. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 30, 2004, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-certain-types-of-pain/266875 "2004-09-30T17:04:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-certain-types-of-pain/266875/1 "2004-09-30T17:04:36Z")
Whenever I sprain an ankle I like the dull feeling of pain causes by walking around afterwards. Is that weird? Is it designed to make me want to walk around and therefore heal the damage? As a kid I liked having grazed knees and bruises. I was always “In the wars” as my parents and other relatives would say. Anyone else that way? ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-certain-types-of-pain/266875/2 "2004-09-30T17:16:27Z")
I have a very high pain tolerance but I can’t say that I like most pain. However, I really like the pain of jamming things under my fingernails. I sometimes do it until the fingernail is seperated from the skin until it is more than halfway from falling off. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-certain-types-of-pain/266875/3 "2004-09-30T17:19:15Z")
You saw my fingernail thread didn’t you! ☹ ---
**Author:** ![noname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/58f4c7/32.png) [@noname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/noname)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-certain-types-of-pain/266875/4 "2004-09-30T17:22:32Z")
> [@Shagnasty](#): > > However, I really like the pain of jamming things under my fingernails. I sometimes do it until the fingernail is seperated from the skin until it is more than halfway from falling off. :eek: You just made me cringe :eek: :eek: Speaking of pain, the only one that I detest is the headache. I like the pain that I get when I sprain my ankle, too. Also muscular ache in the arms. ---
**Author:** ![cuauhtemoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecb155/32.png) [@cuauhtemoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuauhtemoc)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-certain-types-of-pain/266875/5 "2004-09-30T17:26:08Z")
Sometimes I stick something thin and pointy between my bottom two front teeth and rub it against my gums. It hurts, but it also feels good for some reason. ---
**Author:** ![Metacom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecae2f/32.png) [@Metacom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Metacom)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-certain-types-of-pain/266875/6 "2004-09-30T17:29:50Z")
Yes, it’s weird. However, you can put it to your advantage and use it to get into heaven: Consider joining [Opus Dei](http://www.odan.org/corporal_mortification.htm), **Lobsang**! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![overlyverbose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9dc877/32.png) [@overlyverbose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/overlyverbose)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-certain-types-of-pain/266875/7 "2004-09-30T17:34:51Z")
You dirty bastard. 😉 No, I understand where you’re coming from. I like feeling achy after lifting weights, and sometimes when I get a sprain or my knee aches from running, I almost like to walk on it. It’s as though I have some perverse need to make sure it’s really _really_ injured and not just in my head. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-certain-types-of-pain/266875/8 "2004-09-30T18:11:54Z")
Ya know “Snake bites”? Where someone grabs your forearm with both hands, and twists the skin in opposite directions? Love it. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-certain-types-of-pain/266875/9 "2004-09-30T18:17:55Z")
> [@Shagnasty](#): > > I have a very high pain tolerance but I can’t say that I like most pain. However, I really like the pain of jamming things under my fingernails. I sometimes do it until the fingernail is seperated from the skin until it is more than halfway from falling off. Ugh ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-certain-types-of-pain/266875/10 "2004-09-30T18:18:07Z")
I watched two people play a game where they hit each other’s knuckles. It made me cringe to watch it. I wouldn’t like to play it, but I would probably like the sore fingers afterwards. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-certain-types-of-pain/266875/11 "2004-09-30T18:35:02Z")
I like soreness. I used to love playing football and getting hit. ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-certain-types-of-pain/266875/12 "2004-09-30T19:45:23Z")
You people scare me. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-certain-types-of-pain/266875/13 "2004-09-30T21:10:49Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > You saw my fingernail thread didn’t you! ☹ No, I really didn’t. What I said was true. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2004, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-certain-types-of-pain/266875/14 "2004-10-01T04:19:58Z")
I like being spanked and bitten and having my hair pulled, but only by women. ---
**Author:** ![jweb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/71c47a/32.png) [@jweb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jweb)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2004, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-certain-types-of-pain/266875/15 "2004-10-01T04:33:09Z")
I play semi-pro football (offensive line). When people ask, I tell them I do it because I enjoy pain. There is a certain satisfaction that comes from taking 3x as long as normal to get out of bed the morning after a game, and having to waddle through the day because most of your skeletal muscles are sore. Weird? Probably. But I enjoy it nontheless. ---
**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2004, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-certain-types-of-pain/266875/16 "2004-10-01T06:35:44Z")
I admit that I enjoy the pain that accompanies a solid workout - both during (when you seriously think you can NOT go any more, but not stopping), and after (sore muscles). I’m sorta addicted to that, actually. What I don’t like is the byproduct of that pain - the chronic pain in my knees, which I think might be arthritis… ---
**Author:** ![moggyAU](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@moggyAU](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moggyAU)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2004, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-certain-types-of-pain/266875/17 "2004-10-01T07:15:12Z")
i like muscular pain, like you get the day after doing too many weights or after doing excersise you havent done for a while. Feels great, makes you feel fit 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2004, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-certain-types-of-pain/266875/18 "2004-10-02T01:22:04Z")
Ever since I was a child, I often start chewing on my lips, or my tongue, sometimes without even realizing it. When I do, I actually LIKE the pain that comes with it. Unfortunately, when I stop, and for the few days it takes to heal, it can become QUITE sore and tender, and I can’t eat anything with vinegar (salads are definitely OUT!), and brushing my teeth is agony. And my dentist told me that it could lead to oral cancer. (I don’t know HOW, but that’s what he said). So it’s a bad habit, and I try to break it…but sometimes it just feels soothing. ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2004, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-certain-types-of-pain/266875/19 "2004-10-02T01:38:36Z")
I like dull menstrual cramps. Not unbearably painful, but reason enough to take it easy. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2004, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-certain-types-of-pain/266875/20 "2004-10-02T02:48:45Z")
> [@NurseCarmen](#): > > Ya know “Snake bites”? Where someone grabs your forearm with both hands, and twists the skin in opposite directions? > > Love it. As long as it isn’t in danger of ripping skin … mmm, yes. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-certain-types-of-pain/266875.md?page=2)