Aspies and pain

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i have a very low tolerance for pain so much so that im actually scared of it

I have always thought it wierd that I could be both hypersensitive AND feel practically no pain. Yet that it obviously the way it is.
I once caught a red-hot iron bar (Not the smartest thing to do, but it was a reflex) and while I immediately let go, I didn't feel any pain, so I continued to use my hand as if nothing had happened, even after the blisters came.
Another time I managed to crash a motorcross and get my head pinned underneath it. NO pain. scary as hell, but no pain.
A third time I haden't even noticed the 15cm long cut on my forarm, untill my mother pointed at it and asked that on earth had happened.

im very sensitve to pain, I cry alot if someone punches me just once... that makes me a crybaby....

My skin is hyper sensitive to things(like tags) but I have a high tolerance to pain. I do the "bump into things at work and not know it until the bruise shows up the next day" thing.

Wouldn't high pain tolerance just mean less pain? Also, wouldn't opiates cause a decrease in receptors and a subsequent withdrawal effect?

Not meaning to scare anyone, of course.

I have an incredible pain tolerance, people marvel at it. Now dental work is different. Because I have major sensory issues with metal, it heightens my "feeling" to the point that simple touch hurts.

I don't have high tolerance to pain. Every single touch makes my body react. Sometimes water drops hitting against my arm feels like little pin needles. I am considered a "cry baby" because I react very quickly to a punch in the arm.

Then there are times that I want to get hit (with a punching glove on though ). These days I want to feel something. I mean, I still feel the pain (I can feel "everything" in my body) but I just don't know why I want to fight..

My skin has an incredibly high heat tolerance. I can hold a hot soldering gun by the tip for about a second with no pain or blistering(only did once by accident but I would never do it again intentionally). In the shower, I can turn the water heat to max and I won't be bothered by it. In cooking class in junior high, when washing the dishes, my lab partners would almost scald themselves from trying to wash the dishes when I filled the sink with soapy water to "my liking". I've also spilled boiling water on myself which didn't hurt too much. My skin is very sensitive to touch though. I absolutely hate dry and cracked skin so I use lotion whenever that happens. I don't bruise easily but I can't take a punch(I'd probably get knocked out from even a weak one), and I'm never good at those shot for shot games. But I can take alot of pain and impact to my shins from martial arts conditioning.

Both are possible, and both are common in people with ASDs (high and low pain thresholds for external and internal sensations; combinations of all are possible).

Extremes and all; I never lost a pinch contest in school. I don't really feel external pain. I feel internal pain however, perhaps to a greater level than normal.

I have very low pain tolerance.

My pain tolerance is extremely low.

i dont got high pain tolerance..if u stick a needle to me i yell to get it off and try to take it off ..if i got headece or someting pain wh at last longer my autistic traids come more in

I remember laughing as i got an injection as a child and enjoyed watching the needle.Now the idea is horrible i would rather get punched than get a needle in my flesh.Getting punched does not seem to be felt the same as getting a shower.Getting a shower hurts but i wonder if it is something to do with scratching alot,i plan to try taking a shower on unscratchd skin to find out if that is the reason.I think a feather being brushed over the skin is painfull,it does not bother me if someone touches my shoulder though.