What If You Couldn’t Feel Pain?
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It sounds like a superpower you might find in a comic book, but people who canāt feel pain suffer more than you think. Itās a condition called Congenital Insensitivity To Pain, (CIP) and in this video, I take a look at some examples of people who have this condition, and how they might help save thousands of lives.
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TIMESTAMPS
0:00 – Congenital Insensitivity to Pain
5:41 – Gabby Gingras
8:14 – Ashlyn Blocker
10:04 – Steven Pete
11:58 – How Pain Works
17:09 – Chronic Pain
21:58 – Sponsor – Hello Fresh
@HeatherMarieKosur
June 6, 2026 at 10:40 pm
You should do a video on the differences in pain perception between neurotypical and neurodivergent people. For example, I was trimming branches from trees and mulching them. I came in with scratches and cuts all over my legs and arms. I did not notice any of these injuries while they were happening. But, if my shoes are not the same tightness, then I can focus on nothing else. There are clearly sensory and perception differences between NT and ND people.
@donttalktomebye
June 6, 2026 at 10:40 pm
OH MY GOD— the explanation at 15:00 regarding the natural opiods and pain actually is incredible. I take a low dose of naltrexone which was made as an opioid receptor inhibitor to help people overcome addiction, but in doses under 9mg its shown to block inflammation signals so its used for a lot of people with chronic illnesses like fibromyalgia. supposedly no one seems to fully know why it works like that but if theres already a relationship between pain and natural opioid production….gosh i love science so much
@Lil_Warrior_Princess
June 6, 2026 at 10:40 pm
My last name is Barry and my mom's maiden name is Mack. We are legion.
@Annamhard
June 6, 2026 at 10:40 pm
Tried jounravx, worked good for pain after small procedure, but I got rash and itching
@RayofSarcasm
June 6, 2026 at 10:40 pm
I am a recipient and survivor of:
– 1x root canal and the exposed nerve/nerve pain that precedes that
– 2x tooth extractions (surgical)
– 2x tooth implants
There are few things as painful as an infected tooth š„“
@KMAsano
June 6, 2026 at 10:40 pm
This is shown in the TV show Haven- based on a Steven King novel. One of the main characters, Nathan, basically has this and its shown throughout the show. It is an interesting side plot to the show.
@FacelessFalcon
June 6, 2026 at 10:40 pm
Canker Sores. We don't fully understand why. Thats the newest "opinion" though.
@ukrainewarroom
June 6, 2026 at 10:40 pm
I somehow missed this episode….
aaaand now I wish I hadnt found it.
@cbsteffen
June 6, 2026 at 10:40 pm
What if you couldnāt even get injured and therefore destroyed everything instead?!
@HeatherMarieKosur
June 6, 2026 at 10:40 pm
My most painful experience was multiple large ovarian cysts. I ended up in the ER.
@kennethd4958
June 6, 2026 at 10:40 pm
Love Jack Quaid. He showed up on RLM a couple times too.. which is a bonus.
@madsli
June 6, 2026 at 10:40 pm
There is a woman with this condition in the city I live, she is in a wheelchair, has no legs, and is missing every teeth but one.
@savvyrenay
June 6, 2026 at 10:40 pm
Have you looked into having BehƧet's disease? I have it and that's what causes my extreme ulcers
@Lpsgamer01
June 6, 2026 at 10:40 pm
You helped me figure out why I get those mouth ulcers all the time. Thank you!
@austinholt4022
June 6, 2026 at 10:40 pm
Amen brother. Late puberty for me, there was like, a year where I dreaded canker sores. Easily a half dozen of them at a time. I had to talk like a 16th century British aristocrat. Thankfully, Iāve not had one in 20 years, but I know the pain ā Iāll keep your product in the back of my head to recommend. (Especially if I time travel and bump into 15-year-old me.)
@_modiX
June 6, 2026 at 10:40 pm
19:54 I think that's pretty good, because even if you don't feel pain, using at this stuff at least daily helps you to identify something is wrong in your body, and not wait 8 months until you see the doctor.
@hemlockmoon713
June 6, 2026 at 10:40 pm
I just want to add a comment about the tooth pain being awful. I've had chronic tooth infections due to being very poor and no access to a lot of healthcare. I have also dealt with a rare brain condition that gives me a small headache 100% of the time and about 15 times a day. It goes up to a 10/10 pain where I am begging for everything to just end already. I underwent a surgery back in 2020 that involved breaking my neck and cutting off part of my brain and breaking off part of my skull and C1 and C2. I would rather have that entire brain surgery done again even though it didn't help, and deal with these headaches and those horrible 10/10 pains I get throughout the day than ever have a single tooth infection ever again.
@Fayellen95
June 6, 2026 at 10:40 pm
5:34 I had double ear infections a few summers ago omfgggggggggggggg š£š£š£š£š£š£š£ There were like 7?ish neighbourhood kids who were giggling and chatting and playing on the trampoline in my neighbour's yard, just usual preteen summer break stuff, but they were riiiiight next (UK terraced housing. If I wanted to [I do not] I could spit out my bedroom window and have it land in my neighbours yard if I angled it right. These houses are so close, and the walls are paper thin. I can hear my neighbours fart. I could join in on their phone conversations. The walls are so. Freaking. THIN.) to my bedroom window. It was the middle of the day, and I was trying to sleep. Pain meds had either worn off, or not kicked in yet (ahhhh that sweet hell hole between doses ššš¤š¤) and I was exhausted and I could not get to sleep for the kids being kids. I lay there and steamed for like 15 minutes, before I'd finally had enough and opened my bedroom window and yelled at these kids to please shut up, I have double ear infections, I'm in huge pain, and I'm trying to sleep. Iiiiiiiiii am not proud of it. š¬š¬š«£š° But I had to. They did quieten down, and I did get some sleep.
A couple of those families moved out (not because of me š š š ) and I changed how I shower so haven't had an ear infection in a couple of years. Knock on wood it stays that way. Ear infections are a different beast, man. You know tooth infections are gonna be solved if the issue causing it is fixed. You can just not chew for a bit if needs be. Ya can't just not hear (if you have functional ears). I hate ear infections. Worst thing ever. Wdym my skull is throbbing??????? Gross. Ew. No. Never again. PLEASE.
@incognito_tab43
June 6, 2026 at 10:40 pm
4:34 developing your own vitamin formula is actually such a huge flex. I have these canker sores from time to time (especially when I take too much carbonated drinks) and theyāre incredible painful. And for some reason thereās little to no research/medication for them.
@stephengreen3566
June 6, 2026 at 10:40 pm
I feel so lucky to be born "normal". LOL.
@mr.tweaty
June 6, 2026 at 10:40 pm
Pain is basically a health bar but less precise. Just because you are unable to see it doesnāt mean you are invincible.
In other words, pain is a symptom of injury. Ignoring the symptoms doesnāt make the issue go away.
@LoonyDoll
June 6, 2026 at 10:40 pm
Ahaha, man I almost regret not heeding his warnings on this one. What a video though lol
@thatone_rando
June 6, 2026 at 10:40 pm
17:08 hi thats me š
@Fenriswaffle
June 6, 2026 at 10:40 pm
Of all the videos to make a potential discovery about my childhood and my body/life, this was the furthest from my mind right up until you started describing your ulcers. I've always known them as "canker sores" which was seemingly unknown to anyone I talked to about it, constantly having to explain its not a cold sore its not herpes yadda yadda. Much the same, this was something that plagued my childhood, during certain spans of time I would go zero days without at least 1 if not 2 sores in the active and painful phase (with the white-ish hole in the gum and all that) and so I just got…very familiar with the whole cycle of those sores.
Suffice it to say I have a doctor's visit to make, and you might have a new customer soon, and if it does like advertised then you are literally my hero.
@jobrady2009
June 6, 2026 at 10:40 pm
Joe I thank you for sharing your pain I totally get that you didn't have to do that but I understand growing up I hated eating I was so skinny and malnutritioned because I absolutely hated to eat I was so looking forward to the future when we were going to have space sticks and that's all you had to worry about was just taking a pill or eating this little stick and you were full that never happened well I'm older now and I've had an abscess in my tooth I got an infection and it was excruciating but let me just say I have experience what's called diverticulitis and that's an abscess in your lower intestines I was literally screaming in pain that was so awful so yeah Pain's a good thing lets us know when things are going south so thank you so much for sharing God bless you
@Heinrich-ru2bl
June 6, 2026 at 10:40 pm
And thank you for the advice and as soon as I can afford American prices I'll click on by… š … 1ā¤…
@Heinrich-ru2bl
June 6, 2026 at 10:40 pm
Bro I'm exactly the same way about food… I have to remind myself daily to eatš …
@CStitt
June 6, 2026 at 10:40 pm
Imagine being a professional wrestler you just feel no pain so youāll keep on going until youāre dead until you arm ripped off
@Rebrn-bk5em
June 6, 2026 at 10:40 pm
such a blessing and a curse but on the brightside if they made it to old age the constant pain won't bother them at all
@YouTubeCritic
June 6, 2026 at 10:40 pm
I once knew a man who felt no pain. It wasn't from birth though. He fell, head first, twenty feet, into concrete at 3 years old and shattered his skull. Somehow he survived but after that he could no longer feel pain. Additionally his personality was drastically different. He didn't really process emotions in the same way. He still had emotions. Just kind of muted emotions. He wasn't very empathetic. But he was a great hang. He described his medical records as binders that were 2 feet tall full of all the crazy things he had survived. Reportedly, everytime he went to a doctor and they looked at his medical history, they would ask the same thing, "How are you alive?" I got to see it in action. He really didn't feel pain. He had issues with memory but to be fair he smoked a looooot of weed and had been since the age of 9, all the way to when I met him in his late 20s, early 30s. Dude was tough as nails and would punch metal for fun. We used to have contests, where we punched each other in the arm to see who tapped out first. Needless to say, I never won and he never tapped out. I knew him for a couple years. No idea where he is now but I'll never forget him. One of the most interesting people I've ever met.
@MADvue
June 6, 2026 at 10:40 pm
I suffer from mouth ulcers too. I can attest to the pain. I also get cold sores(herp) since my earliest days. It was worst as a kid.
@jamesh242
June 6, 2026 at 10:40 pm
I love pain. Pain is God.
@king_of_nothing1808
June 6, 2026 at 10:40 pm
I have a friend that's born with this condition. Snapped her knee back in place, pierced her own nose, smacked into walls and doors. I feel bad for her
@CryusMazzucca
June 6, 2026 at 10:40 pm
when I got my wisdom teeth out, my mouth was so numb that I ended up chewing on my lower lip the entire drive home (3.5 hrs) and it was swollen for a week. I could feel the nerves and blood vessels. It was awful
@freirecristiane
June 6, 2026 at 10:40 pm
I'm shocked with the elbow thingš®
@jaythered420
June 6, 2026 at 10:40 pm
13:59 I remember one time in high school, we all went to the gym for some sort of school event that was happening, and a kid I had never met before, leans over my shoulder from behind me, and whispers in my ear ādid you know the skin on your elbow is called the weenus?ā I just turned and looked at him with the blankest stare, I have never been so confused in my life as I was in that moment. šš
@jaythered420
June 6, 2026 at 10:40 pm
Oh my god I will never wish I couldnāt feel pain ever again. It really is natures smoke alarm.
@Drew_The_Foo_209
June 6, 2026 at 10:40 pm
Any pain mouth related is fucking tragic. No matter how buff you are, nothing prepares you for continously night and day mouth pain
@shludge
June 6, 2026 at 10:40 pm
Never felt so happy smashing my small toe into my bedframe. Thank you.
@DarkLightSwordFight
June 6, 2026 at 10:40 pm
Hold on. Theres no other way to protect thier eyes? Get the shizzzz outta here?! Gloves. Little mittens? They make em…for this exact thing. For baby's!!!!!!!! Lets sow her eyes shut!!!! Wtf?!? Did you think she was gonna do?!?
@evanb.9401
June 6, 2026 at 10:40 pm
Well Joe, a drunk driver hit me head on when I was 16 and broke both my femurs, as well as sent them both through my pelvisā¦
Youād think that would be the worse pain ever felt right? Well youād be wrong. I crush my finger mountain biking a year later which wasnāt so bad, except just about when my finger specialist guy finished stitching the thing back together in hopes Iād get to keep that finger tip. Iām not sure if he hit a nerve or what, but over about ten seconds the pain went from almost nothing to if I had dunked the thing in a vat of acid and it was dissolving. That was the worst.
I think my pelvis and femurs hurt so much my body almost had a near trauma response to it, when it got bad Iād just almost instantly go into shock. Thatās what would happen the first few times they tried to get me walking again, swing my legs off the bed, puke and nearly pass out. But that pinky thoughā¦ dayum that hurt.
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