Researchers looked at pain around the world and across the human lifespan, finding steepest rise happens before age 55
Women report suffering more pain than men, a major new global study has found.
That was true for all types of pain the researchers measured, and comes amid continuing concern about the gender pain gap, which means women are less likely to be prescribed the pain relief they need.
Researchers from all over the world carried out “one of the largest harmonization efforts in pain epidemiology to date”. Data was collected from more than 6 million people from 118 countries from 1990 to 2025, and included people from five years old to more than 100.
The research, published in Nature Medicine, looked at how pain, as the leading global cause of disability, was distributed both around the world and across the human lifespan.
complain, or share their feelings?
most guys I know just state how something feels or what is currently bothering them. not complaining, just sharing information
unless it’s some type of serious headache — that shit is debilitating.
He complains. I would go so far as to say whines, lol. Partly because he can’t work out when hurt and lack of exercise makes anyone irritable. I am strong with pain but an absolute whiny baby when sick, a slight cold and I complain, I hate it so much. He hardly notices it - gets a cold about the same frequency I do (maybe once a year on average?) but it impresses him so little he thinks he gets sick less often than I do.
So it’s not that he complains more, just more about physical pain.
That is because you are a man talking to another man. Not a husband talking to his spouse. How pain is shared between partners is different than how you would talk about it with friends.