How does one build tolerance for pain?

[Rumblood]

There is a difference between feeling less pain, and having tolerance for that pain.

Feeling less pain: You can go about this in a couple ways. One is to either destroy the nerve endings in the area in which you are wishing to increase your tolerance aka Iron Hand/Shirt technique through constant abuse, or you can increase your bodies production of endorphins by prolonged stress and pain from continuous exercise. That effect will be a temporary one, however, so you have to have time to prepare before you are ready to subject yourself to the pain you wish to tolerate.
If you want a quicker method, I suggest that you keep a hive of bees or yellow jackets around and allow one to sting you (bees hurt less btw). It will also release those endorphins.

Tolerance for pain: That is different and is simply mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter  Best to master this before applying the insect sting method of feeling less pain 

Link to an article on bee stings providing pain relief:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-130982/Insects-creepy-crawlies-friends.html

Arthritis:
There is a growing amount of anecdotal evidence that bee stings may help relieve the pain of arthritis.

Jane Tadman, spokeswoman for the Arthritis Research Campaign, says 'Some sufferers find that it does help. The most famous case is a Hertfordshire bee-keeper who stings himself regularly to get rid of the pain.'

Arthritis sufferers choosing this unique treatment usually place bees on the site of the pain - hands, knees and other joints - and wait to be stung.

Experts believe that the stings stimulate the body to produce a hormone called cortisol. Cortisol is an anti-inflammatory hormone which may explain the relief that sufferers feel after being stung.

Another theory is that the body releases endorphins after being stung, which are the body's natural painkillers.

[Zlisch_The_Butcher]

If you got a headache listen to load music, if you got a stomach ache do sit-ups, if the wast majority of your body was hurt in a none-extremely bad way just tear your nails into it until all you really feel is just an odd itch where you're currently feeling pain, regularly hold onto hot metalic objects like radiators for several minutes, regularly hold your little finger under a tiny ray of hot water for several minutes while slowly making the water hotter, regularly smash your head into various objects, eventually you won't really feel any pain you can't quickly start ignoring and stop feeling it, of course all these various things would require being able to ignore pain (while still feeling it) already.

[IR_Kuoin]

If in pain, masturbate.

[Prpavi]

get a tattoo on chest/shoulder/inner arm area and youll see what youre made of 

I believe were born with certain level of tollerance for pain and uncomfort and it varies from person to person, not sure if you can actually "build it" but you can get more used to it or maybe work on mental stamina but if you are over sensitive from the start dont think much can be done, maybe join a Shaolin monk temple, they got some nice techniques 

[B3RS3RK]

get a tattoo on chest/shoulder/inner arm area and youll see what youre made of 

Pussyshit.

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Any pain you will feel after that is nothing.

[Kafein]

Pussyshit.

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Any pain you will feel after that is nothing.

That's nothing compared to the pain of burning white small shell sand under your feet.

[B3RS3RK]

Yeah, I forgot that.Burning sand or asphalt is definately part of the holy trinity of pain.

[Molly]

get a tattoo on chest/shoulder/inner arm area and youll see what youre made of 

I believe were born with certain level of tollerance for pain and uncomfort and it varies from person to person, not sure if you can actually "build it" but you can get more used to it or maybe work on mental stamina but if you are over sensitive from the start dont think much can be done, maybe join a Shaolin monk temple, they got some nice techniques 

Funny that you mention inner arm area tattoo

Done December 3rd, pic taken after a shower like 30 min ago and before putting creme back on it 

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[B3RS3RK]

I dont really think that area hurts that much at all.Sure, it hurts, but the pain isnt too bad.The Pain I experience when stubbing my toe on furniture surpasses it by a lot.

btw. it´s a nice tat ;)

Would it be too much to ask if you could maybe take a picture of the one on your chest or something?Because I wanted to do a chest-tattoo since a long time now, but Iam still looking for Inspiration(And no, ofc i woudnt copy it).

[Molly]

I dont really think that area hurts that much at all.Sure, it hurts, but the pain isnt too bad.The Pain I experience when stubbing my toe on furniture surpasses it by a lot.
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Lol... Are you serious? If you really believe that a stubbed toe hurts more than that tattoo... well, my advise: Stay away from any Tattoo-Studio 

[Christo]

Stubbed Toe feels very bad because it happens quickly, and unexpected, at least I can't tell anybody who does it on purpose.

[Molly]

Stubbed Toe feels very bad because it happens quickly, and unexpected, at least I can't tell anybody who does it on purpose.

Two different categories of pain ofc but still... on a normalized scale "stubbed toe" is on a pretty low rank 

[Berserkadin]

You build a resistance, especielly a mental one. Try some hardcore workout during a longer period, your body hurts like hell but you keep on going and going and going and presh your treshold further and further. Eventuelly you learn to push trough the pain, to a point of embracing it.

[Rumblood]

That's nothing compared to the pain of burning white small shell sand under your feet.

Must not have kids and their little toy pieces scattered around 

[Prpavi]

Funny that you mention inner arm area tattoo

Done December 3rd, pic taken after a shower like 30 min ago and before putting creme back on it 

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Nice man, plus i know what it means, really cool

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this is my inner arm after shading session, took pics every day same time for a week. The second day it my arm was double the size.

the thing about tattos is how sensitive your skin is and where the tattoo is done and how, i have loooots of shading and the same wounds had to be worked on again and again and thats whats killing me.