On a Scale from 1 to 10, What’s the Worst Pain You’ve Ever Experienced?

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On a Scale from 1 to 10, What’s the Worst Pain You’ve Ever Experienced?

On a scale from 1 to 10, what’s the worst pain you’ve ever experienced in your life? Like when you broke a bone, or had a kidney stone . . . or had a KID. Someone polled 5,000 Americans, and over half of us think we’ve at least experienced an “8” before.

17% said they’ve NEVER dealt with “severe” pain. The poll defined “severe” as a 6 out of 10 or higher.  Most of that painless crowd was young people. 12% said a “6” is the worst they’ve ever felt . . . 8% said “7” . . . and 25% said an “8.”  They defined an “8” as “VERY severe.”

Another 10% said a “9”, and 24% said a “10”. So 59% said “8” or higher. That includes 55% of men and 63% of women. Almost everyone claimed to have at least an “average” pain tolerance. 48% said “high” or “very high.”  Just 12% of us think we have a low tolerance for pain.

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