insensitivity to pain

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when i was younger, i used to bang my head on the walls, hit myself, fall down, cut my fingers on purpose, fall down hills, hit rocks against me and not be affected by the pain that much, i used to self inflict pain all the time, anyone else?

The earliest incident of remembering being hypo-sensitive is when I was 5 years old. I pierced my right foot right through with a pitchfork and promptly pulled it out only to hide my injury from my parents until they found me. Been injuring myself to my own bemusement and annoyment ever since.
When I was 13 I fell about 30 meters when climbing a rock face onto some trees and ended up with a tree branch stuck in my left forearm (my only concern expressed to my companions was that my mother wouldn't find out. She always nagged about being careful in everything I do and stuff ).

From other more memorable injuries:
- I accidentally cut off the tip of my left thumb with a table saw and my reaction was to exclaim "f**k it". A neighbour who witnessed it fainted.
- I hamstrung myself as I slipped while running on wet grass and jumped into a split. I walked it off in about a month into a pre-injury condition (a friend of mine had a cast for about 6 weeks plus 8 additional weeks of rehab for the same thing, different circumstances)
- I had a ligament in my knee displaced with a rather audible pop when stretching. Just walked it off.

I had many more freak injuries, but the one thing I always notice is that healing always hurts more than the injury itself.
I check myself everyday for any injuries that I might have sustained. Better safe that sorry.
Sometimes I feel like a leper.

P.S.
Being hypo-sensitive is a great advantage in any type of a martial art.

I hate pain, pain hurts.
That must be why it shuts off when too high. Before finishing high school I had broken over a bone a year on average plus many contusions and scrapes. Much experience with pain.

These only hurt to a certain point then quit. I know the pain is there, it's kind of itchy. The time I had four ribs and two vertebrae break from the same incident it felt like an electric fence and I flopped around and twitched while falling down when I would try to walk.
An electric buzz rather than pain. When really hurt I analyze the signals.

If I stub my toe it hurts and I hop around yelling ow ow ow. It has to really hurt before it doesn't hurt.

-When I was a kid age 3 I would run these friction toys on my arms and face creating a nice burn and it felt nice.
-The other day I was using a plasma cutter and some slag set my leg on fire as far is I know, burned a large hole through my coveralls, pants and mae a nice yellowish burn on my knee, all I felt was a small worming feeling.
-When I was bullyed in school they played a game called mercy(were you lock hands and inflect pain till someone cryed mercy), they could never defeat me as I never felt the pain dispite haveing my fingers bent back some 45+ degees, the bully never tryed to play that with me again.
-I have crashed race cars, compressed arms in steering wheels, broke my wrist and other internal damage and didn't feel pain for days after.

I fear one day I will get a serious illness and not know it until its too late. Things like papercuts and needles hurt alot though.

I never did that.
But I have tolerance for high temperature.
When it's hot outside, and I walk the streets, I can detach myself from my sensory input. This "detachment" can last days, or hours.

I am kinda insensitive to pain.
I cut the skin of my fingers with my nails all the time (I don't do it on porpuse, I can't control it) and they're often bleeding, but I don't feel pain.

My pain tolerance is relatively to extremely high. This is due to in large part to my raising parent growing up. The abuse I suffered caused me to be able to , later in life, shrug off nearly half of any painful experience as whim.

That said, for whatever reason, I cannot stand the sight of my own blood.

I've actually worked to improve my tolerance. I can now handle kicks to the groin, stand in a snowstorm bare-chested, and run on gravel.
On a side note, I can't taste spicy. I have downed bottles of tobasco sauce to win bets (and money) and I thought it tasted sweet. Think this might be related to pain tolerance?

Taste buds are modified pain receptors so there may be a connection.
I knew a guy would eat hot peppers out of the jar for lunch. Not sure of his pain tolerance though, it never came up.