I've been shot. It's crazy because it wasn't that bad.

[We asked 100 people to tell us about the most painful thing they've ever experienced.]

What's the most painful thing you've ever experienced?

The most painful thing...

Hmm.

Oh, God.

Ooh, wow.

Uh...

What's the most painful things you've ever experienced?

Oh, my gosh.

I do have a story. I went skiing, never skied before. I slip up, my ski goes, and I start flipping, flip-flip-flipping. I hear a crack on my neck. Oh, God, I thought I was dead.

What's the most painful thing that you've ever experienced?

I ruptured my appendix.

My appendix.

My appendix.

It felt like a knife in my stomach.

What is the most painful thing you've ever experienced?

Hmm...

Tooth pain. Don't mess around with that.

I broke these three ribs.

Fractured my sternum.

I broke my ankle once.

Never broken a bone.

The most painful thing I've ever experienced is probably anal for the first time.

What is the most painful thing you've ever experienced?

Car-related. Always car-related.

One time...

We're driving on the beach.

A really windy road.

Crossing three lanes of traffic.

Two lanes going that way.

Somebody was going to take a free right.

She was making a left turn.

There was a drunk driver who was going the wrong way.

Literally, slammed those brakes.

And I, like, froze completely.

We were just hit by a car all of a sudden.

T-boned my car.

Like, T-boned.

I got tossed out 'cause I was in the front.

I really screwed up my knee and my whole spine.

That's why I have this scar on my neck because I had to have my neck fused.

Back broken, neck broke. It's a wrap.

I got some whiplash and my friend got, like, some bruising.

I thought I was fine, and then paramedics showed up and I, like, my leg was bleeding, and I was like, "Okay. So that maybe was a little dangerous."

What's the most painful thing you've ever experienced?

Painful.

(tongue clicking)

Mmm...

Oh, God. I hate to even think about it.

Physically painful or emotionally?

Heartbreak.

I definitely got my heart broken a lot of times before.

Heartbreak. That one really... That's a bad one.

There's no medication, no pill, no Tylenol for this pain.

What's the most painful thing you've ever experienced?

Oof.

(breath blowing)

Whew.

(interviewee exhales)

Ooh.

Oh, my God. You just sent me through a spiral.

I did almost like, choke on a piece of candy when I was really, really little.

I was gasping for air so bad. It was awful.

I had a gallbladder stone.

I had to have my gallbladder taken out.

Retropharyngeal abscess that I had to get surgery on.

I think a second-degree burn.

I did have a really severe asthma attack.

It was, like, two days of just a lot of hyperventilating and crying.

I swear to God, I couldn't breathe, for a while.

All I remember is like, me trying to breathe.

My chest hurt for hella long. That fucked me up.

Sanded my fingernails off.

Hemorrhoids. Hemorrhoids.

He would threw me up maybe like, eight feet in the air, and I fell to the ground.

I got surgery on both of my feet.

I got a stomach surgery.

Man, an IUD. It hurt so badly.

A bikini wax.

Chronic meningitis.

I just had a really high temperature, and I was sick for a really long time.

Sweating, vomiting, diarrhea. 100%, he was like, "You have malaria."

The most painful thing I've experienced is contractions. Everything is flexing inside of your body. All I could think of is, "I need this baby out of me."

Leaving the gay bar one night, somebody came up behind me and picked me up and threw me on my head. Ended up having to get, like, six staples in my head.

What's the most painful thing you've ever experienced?

I've been shot. On my side.

I literally start hearing gunshots.

I could see like, the bullet coming through the window.

It's crazy because it wasn't that bad. The second time, I was at a playground. The one, actually, my foot was worse.

Seeing someone that I love struggle with addiction.

My brother was a meth addict for about 10 years.

My mother died of overdose, and my father, he's currently on a respirator for COVID.

What's the most painful thing you've ever experienced?

Definitely losing my grandmother.

Probably when my father passed. Just 'cause it was unexpected.

My dad died three days after my birthday.

When my dad died, that was pretty painful.

Losing my sister, and saying goodbye to her, and watching my parents go through that, and there was nothing that I could do.

When I lost my mom, it broke me.

Sorry. My mom died. Unfortunately, I was the one who found her.

The most painful thing I've ever experienced was probably when my father passed away. It's not funny, I'm just doing it to stop from crying.

Never being able to have that interaction ever again. It's just unfathomable.

Have you get pass that? Or can you ever?

No, I don't think you ever really can.

People would say, "It gets easier as time goes by," but it never really does.

It's like this gaping hole in your chest that, it feels like you're getting ripped open from the inside out.

Like, I'm crying now, and it's been two years. And I'm like, "Am I ever gonna be okay?"

I tend to not go to many of the funerals.

Why?

I don't really know. I don't go to the weddings either, though.

What's the most painful thing you've ever experienced?

Probably being rejected my whole life. That was always hard for me, always trying to fit in and be like, part of this crowd that I wasn't a part of.

I would come home and hide in my room, and, like, not wanna tell my mom that I was getting bullied because then I feel like a loser, and I was scared. So I would bottle everything up. I wouldn't really talk to my friends or anyone.

What doesn't kill you makes you stronger, and I'm stronger than I have ever been now.

What's the most painful thing you've ever experienced?

Probably getting this tattoo done. You guys gonna say some deep shit. Nah, that shit really hurt.