The Lighter Side of: Lots of Pain

There are millions of illnesses that cause pain of some kind.
Suffering from several diseases usually means several types of pain - from the disease itself or from medications or extended issues.
The most devastating part of dealing with several types of pain is that the mind adapts by learning to register multiple pains at once.

There is a positive side to having several types of pain and lots of it, I promise.
Pain tolerance increases.

The Lighter Side of Lots of Pain is that pain from more common types of temporary ailments are dulled and do not seem all that painful. Having a high pain tolerance means that your body is better able to adapt, so someone else's 8/10 pain may actually feel more like a 3/10 for you because you are already dealing with severe pain.
A severe headache for a healthy person is like a small twinge for someone with consistently painful illnesses.
A torn muscle feels more like a dull ache.
A stomach flu feels more like bloating.
You may not even notice bumps and bruises, or mistake a sprained ankle for muscle tiredness.

Suffering with lots of pain on a regular basis can mean that you can handle lesser pains more easily.