Personal Narrative: Reducer-Augmenter Scale

During my life I have gone to the doctor’s office for many reasons like to get shots or to give blood. Now the normal person would go into the office get the shot or give the blood, get the area sanitized, and leave to go home. In my case though I go into the office, take the shot or give the blood, and take the rest of the day to recover from the event. I never liked shots or giving blood in any situation. In my life I always forewarn people that I will seem okay after the event, get up to leave, pass out, experience a mini seizure, and slowly recover from the situation. Through all of that experience and many others, I don’t take pain that well. Within the “Reducer-Augmenter Scale” the score was pretty much in the middle of the scale but I lean more towards the reducer, or low side of the scale. Earlier in life I used to complain about everything that bothered me from tripping down stairs to hitting my funny bone. As life goes on I have gotten better with tolerating more pain. Now I am able to tolerate having a metal pole hit my head from color guard, or a girl fall on me from a stunt that went wrong in cheerleading and be able to shake it off and move on. So I …show more content…
Biologically when I get a bacterial infection or virus depending on the day I can’t tolerate the effects of this, or I can try to move throughout my day. Psychologically, some days when I’m sick I notice every part of me that hurts, but other days I take the medication and move about my day. Sociocultural comes into effect with what I surround myself with or try to do on the days that I’m sick. When I have a low tolerance I usually stay in bed because I don’t like how the lights, sounds, and common things in the environment since they tend to bother me. However on my better days I could get up and do some homework, while trying to accomplish tasks like cleaning or