As an adult have you ever cried because of physical pain?

I had never cried because of physical pain and I thought I would have never till sometime ago (at 38) after stubbing my toes against a hidden stone: the pain was sudden, unexpected and excruciating! I hate to show my weakness in front of other people, especially if younger then me, so I tried very hard to fight back the tears. For some moments I succeeded, really fighting very hard, but after a while the pain became more then excruciating and I couldn't help bursting into tears. Result: three toes and some small bones broken. but I felt ashamed to look such a crybaby!

Let me know if you had similar experiences and what do you think of my reaction, please.

Melany

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I'm 28. I had jaw surgery 12 days ago, and the day of the surgery, when anestesia effects ended, the stupid nurse forgot to add some kind of pain killer to my medicine dose, and afetr a while of silently crying (to my inside) i couldn't resist more the pain and i cried. I think it is human to show your feelings.
P.S. On the recovery, watching movies, I saw "Life is Beautiful" by Roberto Benigni, and I cried again. just for the record, I'm not gay or even metrosexual!

i wouldn't know i have about twenty more years before i hit puberty
listen. u r a human being. we have nerves. i broke my ring finger on my left hand and i cried, and cried. i had my son natural with no pain killers and i cried and cried. it's ok. in that case i'm a crybaby too.
I cried when I got a bee sting from running barefoot in some clover. It got me in the web between my Big and next toe. I couldn't believe it was so painful. I couldn't control myself.
I broke my toe last year and the pain was excruciating, and I cried then, I got stung by a wasp last month and it bought tears to my eyes, there is nothing wrong with crying when something causes pain!
I've cried because of physical pain. And I really don't care what people think about it. I've never been ashamed.

I suffer from excruciating migraines, and once had to have my parents take me to the hospital because the pain woke me up. I sat up bolt straight and couldn't even lie down again. I'd been suffering from that headache for hours already and just couldn't take it anymore. The pain from migraines is so intense that you really have no choice but to cry. I showed up at the hospital my face covered in tears. I was 23.
No, I have not cried because of physical pain but I don't think less of you for crying in that situation.
Nothing out of the ordinary. Most of the times you can't even help it it's a response that has a lot more to do than our "higher level" brain processes. I sprained my ankle a year ago and at first it only hurt a little and then progressed into the worst pain I've ever felt in my life. Often times sprains are much worse than broken bones and take longer to heal. I cried so hard and for good reason I was on crutches for two weeks and not myself for another two months (my entire foot was black and blue for a month). You may see it as a sign of weakness to cry in front of others as a result of pain or personal injury but I see it as a sign of being human.
For unexpected pain I generally yell (swear). When I know something is going to hurt I clench up so tight a tear couldn't possibly escape. When I got the stitches out of my toes after hammer toe surgery my fingernails left marks in the padded exam table, but I didn't cry.

Everyone reacts differently to pain, and I think your tears are more acceptable than my swearing.
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