Well, there was my experience in this thread.
But seriously, this had made me think back on all my traumas. Starting with my youngest experiences and working up:
When I was 2, my dad accidentally dropped me on my head on a concrete floor and cracked my skull open. (Yeah, yeah. All together now: “That explains a lot!” Can we move on now?) I don’t remember it, of course, but I’m sure it hurt.
Then, in kindergarten, I remember running up the metal steps of the slide. Unfortunately, they were covered in sand, so I slipped and landed on my teeth on the edge of one of the metal steps. Knocked out my two front teeth. Ouch.
The headaches, of course. Ever since I was about 8 or so, I’ve had frequent extremely painful headaches. I still get them 2-3 times a week. Heat, especially, brings them on. I’m used to them, but they still hurt. What really sucks is the knowledge that there’s nothing you can do to relieve the pain and you’ll be hurting for the rest of the day.
I once got nailed in the groin with a soccer ball launched at full speed from about two feet away. No cup. That was nausea-inducing pain.
What else? I had appendicitis - that wasn’t too bad. I had gall stones this summer. That was more of a dull ache than actue misery, but still sucked big time until I got my gall bladder out. That’s another one where a big factor is the knowledge that you’re going to be in serious pain for the foreseeable future.
Oh, yeah. One more. One night I was going to bed in an unfamiliar room. I was going from a standing position down into bed, face first. With the lights out, I misjudged my position had hit the edge of the dresser full force, right on my upper lip. Oh, hell, that hurt. I got the white flash that others have mentioned. My lip bled on the inside and was swollen for several days. Shudder The total surprise of it made it worse, too. With most things, you can see it coming. This time, I was expecting to hit the pillow when BAM - dresser in the face.