[kbelder]

This reminds me of something I did as a child. I was sitting alone in my parent's car, and a bee stung me.

I started to get upset, then I just mentally recalibrated. The pain was a feeling, a bit of information being transmitted up my nerves to my brain. I just relaxed and listened to the bee sting, not as a pain sensation, but just as a sensation. It turned my mind from going "OW OW OW" to "Oh, that's what venom feels like."

I honestly feel like that completely changed my pain tolerance for the rest of my life.