Amity wrote:
It takes me a while to register that I have hurt myself, or to accurately express the level of pain I feel.
If its serious and I am aware of that, communicating about it makes me feel like I'm exaggerating, because I know there is a disconnect between the level of pain felt and how seriously I've injured myself... It felt like a bone snapped when I fell, but its not that sore
Its not a good thing, because by the time I can genuinely say I'm in agony the injury has worsened.
When I broke my toe, the skin was broke open and I was bleeding a lot and all I could do was stare at it and go, "Oh, I broke my toe..." It hurt so bad, but my face didn't register it, I was so disconnected while still feeling it.
I need to learn how to show pain better so I don't get taken for an over-exaggerater. Whenever they ask me to pick a number on the pain scale, I usually think of
XKCD: Pain Rating which obviously doesn't help, lol.
I have started thinking about the worst pain I've felt (I was going in and out of consciousness unable to speak) vs the every day pain I feel and figure something on that scale.
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Your Aspie score: 171 of 200
Your Neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 40 of 200