Weekly Wrapup #63
- Describe a childhood memory in which you sustained a physical injury. It doesn’t have to be a serious injury, only one that you remember distinctly. What happened? When I was in 6th grade, I was out roller skating (on those old 4 wheel skates, not the inline ones) and I went down this huge hill. I had to have gone down this hill a million times before but this time, I didn’t gauge it properly or something. I went off the curb like I was supposed to and proceeded to lose my balance completely. I tried to stay upright, but it didn’t work and down I went! I ended up scraping up my knees very nicely and gouging a nice chunk of skin out of my right hand. Funny is that it’s on the upper side, not the palm and it’s right near my wrist. Anyway, I still have a scar from it today.
If that particular memory was not about your worst physical injury, what was/is? What made it so bad? My eye was bit by my dog when I was a wee one. It’s considered my worst because it forever changed my eye sight and I have to wear glasses because of it. I’m not a big fan of the entire thing, but I still loved the dog.
How well do you handle pain? Have you always had a high/low tolerance? If so, when did it change? I have a low tolerance for pain and I handle it horribly and I’ve always been this way. I’m a wuss, hehe… There are few things that I have learned though, to kind of make me less of a wussy. I try not to complain too loudly and I tend to bear my pain fine enough. I have a belief that if you aren’t going to do anything to help your pain, then you have no right to complain anyway. I just take it one step further and just try not to complain at all.
Do you take external medicines when you are hurt? Why or why not? Do you try/use alternative therapies? Why or why not? I do take external medicines when I can. I have highly sensitive skin though, and that’s not always the best option. And I love alternative therapies! My only problem with them is that they all tend to be expensive. This goes for both external and internal alternatives.
Describe a time when you were hurt and it wasn’t as serious as you thought. How did you feel before and after? One time I had my hand slammed in a truck door. Not the fingers, but the hand. It just started pounding and swelling and everyone pretty much felt that it might have been broken. So off to the ER I went and it turned out to only be a very nice bruise to the bones. I was kind of angry afterwards for something so simple being so painful and for having to waste all that time in ER over it.