I Can Tolerate Pain

I can tolerate pain, because it is my "default" setting ever since I developed fibromyalgia 8 years ago. Aching joints, painfully tense muscles, burning skin, needle sensations, random traveling pains in my abdomen or limbs, etc. Even my teeth hurt.

This is not an occasional thing, this is how my body feels literally every moment of my life. I tolerate it because I have no choice.