U/_00: "I was getting a trigger point injection for a pinched nerve. My pain tolerance is extraordinarily high. Historically, when my pain is at a level of 8+ and say so truthfully, doctors don't believe me. This doctor…had a resident with him that day. He actually had the resident do the injection…He told the resident, 'So I know you've been taught how to tell when people are in pain. Watch this patient's face while you do the injection.' I didn't wince at all, as the doctor clearly expected, and he said to the resident, '…These injections are extremely painful, and this patient didn't react. Always remember, not everybody reacts to pain in a normal way.' As someone who's been dismissed as a…malingerer many times for that exact reason, it was extremely refreshing to hear a doctor not only mention that, but actually explicitly teach it to a resident."

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