Is there any way to increase my pain threshold?

Question

I know the saying "What doesn't kill you can only make you stronger", but I know I have limits, and if I try too hard to overcome pain, I might be seriously hurt. I want to know if there are gradual but surefire steps to take, either to deaden pain receptors (which doesn't seem to work well) or just increase my pain threshold in general.

Answer 1

Pain receptors are free nerve endings, so no you can't just turn them off, especially since it's your bodies way to tell you that you're tissue is being destroyed/hurt.

Increasing the pain threshold isn't impossible since all the bodies receptors will eventually adapt to repeated stimuli, however it doesn't come with memory. Once you stop for a while and start again, you'll feel the same amount of pain you did when you first began.

Answer 2

Hi, The first thing that comes to mind is,
WHY?
What age are you?
Pain threshold is more a way of saying what you are used to.
Just remember when you where just a little kid a slap on the arm or leg hurt so much you thought you were dying. But as you get older it takes more and more to hurt that much that you think you will die.
So basically it's just getting used to more and more pain over time until you get to a point where that punch in the nose is nothing.
But, I personally must stress, Don't go out trying to hurt yourself just so you get used to it.
I think I see an underlying problem here.

Answer 3

Join the United States Marine Corps.

Answer 4

I suggest joining a sport that's notorious for pain... like boxing, wrestling or football. Before long, I'm sure your tolerance for pain will be at least a little better.

Answer 5

Increase your pain threshold? Oh dude date my EX for a few months.......trust me your threshold will increase!!!!

LMAO!

Answer 6

...you just asked this question