I for one take a deep long breath through my nose then exhale in the most pressurized raspy manner without vocalizing it.

I sound like a hissing snake crossed with a non-whistling kettle of boiling water

  • culpritus [any]
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    1 year ago

    Usually will do similar breathing to you, but then say something like "god dang it" in a fairly calm manner. Research indicates that vocalizing swear words can actually increase pain tolerance btw. I think part of my calmness is usually due to witnessing the stubbing like I'm seeing it happen to someone else, so it's more about the cringe of it happening than the pain I am experiencing. Also helps to kinda laugh it off, in the vein of "well that was a pretty careless move".