Pain Tolerance ISN'T About Toughness 🧬

May 13th, 2026

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Most people assume pain tolerance is a matter of willpower. Researchers who've spent decades studying it have reached a very different conclusion — and what they found is already changing what happens to you before you go under for surgery.