How does one build tolerance for pain?

[Tibe]

Just purely curious. Id ask from other forums, but this is the only one I really come to, since im not some massive dork who writes in 100 forums daily. And Google was only partially helpful.

[Belatu]

screaming and getting angry (expressing the inner violence)

[Tennenoth]

By avoiding it.

[Christo]

It's like any other resistance-type "training", like alcohol, cold, or whatever resistance we are talking about.

The only real way in my opinion to endure these things better, is to expose yourself to them systematically.

Why are you interested in this by the way? Just curious.

I see, you are curious as well. I should read the whole OP next time. 

[Tibe]

Okay okay, I want to be better at enduring pain, cause I got in the Fight club. (Woops)

I get the systematic part. But some have said, that it might acctually backfire. That systematical pain resistance training might acctually make you less endurant to it.

And Tenne, sometimes thats just not possible. Thou that is good advice, I give you that.

And out of curiosity, what would be the best way to expose myself to it, without ending up in the hospitalo?

[Tigero]

Same like you build tolerance to everything, good or evil.

[Tennenoth]

Okay okay, I want to be better at enduring pain, cause I got in the Fight club. (Woops)

I get the systematic part. But some have said, that it might acctually backfire. That systematical pain resistance training might acctually make you less endurant to it.

And Tenne, sometimes thats just not possible. Thou that is good advice, I give you that.

And out of curiosity, what would be the best way to expose myself to it, without ending up in the hospitalo?

I was merely joking, I know it's not always possible but from my understanding, the brain does a lot to stop pain in itself, but it only really works for major injuries. Speaking from personal experience, when I was knocked down, I felt no pain what-so-ever, apparently this is because the brain, want of a better explanation, just says "You need to sort this out before you start thinking about pain" and blocks the synapses from receiving the pain signals. I'm not brain scientist of course, but there was a programme on recently that went through how our bodies deal with pain.

That's extreme pain, but I would assume that if you're looking for minor injuries, such as being hit, no broken bones, maybe broken skin, I would assume you want to do something like what Christo said, although that seems very masochistic. :S I don't think you want to start getting someone to hit you, but I think it has a lot to do with mind over matter, sure you might be bleeding, but is it really that bad? It'll heal so why not just strap it up and get on with it. Then again it would depend on the situation, if you stub your toe at home, you have more options than you would if you were mid bar fight.
Also, from what I understand, we have more nerves in our hands, feet, mouth and neck/jaw area so I would avoid having those places hurt over your chest for example.

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Anyway, I'm out of my knowledge zone, all I know is that pain is bad and that if I really cared about what was happening, I would just force myself to think about other things than the pain.

Edit: I state that I don't like pain, hence my original comment. I still stick to that method.

I would also add a "risk vs reward" factor, yes, I'm hurt, but if I fight through it, what do I get? Adrenaline would be another factor and a major one for me personally is certainly a "will I let anyone else down", so if people are relying on me, the feeling of shame having stopped I suppose.

[LordBerenger]

Just tell urself that i won't let some stupid thing called pain get in the way for what i want a.ka not giving a fuck.

Fuck pain get insane or sum shit.

[Torost]

There are different kinds of pain. That vary in form. Short/long/intense/slow caused by a variety of things.
Heat/Cold/electric/blunt trauma ... and so on..

It is often bound up in non-nevrological issues.

Exposure to it regulary will familiarize you to how your body and mind react to it. Reducing the "shock".
But depending on how able you are to cope with it, regular exposure might trigger fear and panicreactions. that can be worse than the real pain. Heard of electricians that had to change jobs, since they build up this immense fear of getting a jolt.

Only real tolerance I know from first hand experience is to deal with is cold.
It was mostly mental, telling your mind not to react, just observe that it is really cold and do as normal. Helps to know how the body reacts.

I have partially lost this ability due to not experiencing it in a long time. Buildt up an insulating layer of fat instead

Pain is healthy, it tells you when you are doing something wrong. Or about to overdo things.

You might find this interresting
 "A Life Without Pain - A Congenital Disease Caused By A Newly Discovered Mutation"
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/42140.php

[Kafein]

The easiest way to exercise "mind over body" is against cold and hunger, from my experience.

The easiest way to deal with pain that you can't stop (such as stomach "burning" I don't know the actual english word) is to somehow distract yourself from it. Watching TV, playing videogames etc. are excellent ways to do that. The most effective way to deal with the eventuality of that kind of pain is to learn how to ignore it without distractions, but that's much harder.

[Vibe]

by being a real man

[Gurnisson]

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[Vibe]

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[IR_Kuoin]

But some icecubes in your pants, then wait for your "dong" to get icy cold. No pain will be stronger than in your lower section, thus your lower body is pain free.

[Molly]

"Aaah, my foot hurts really bad!"
*stomps on the other foot*
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