Perception within our brain is based on past experiences and how we from very different cultures. We are apt to believe that our reaction to pain is “normal” and anything substantially different is “abnormal”. For example, a doctor or nurse raised in a family that encouraged stoicism may not know how to react to a patient who responds to pain with loud verbal complaints and may even discount such “overly expressive” reactions. There is a long tradition of stoicism in European American culture; generations of children, especially boys, would be admonished for crying like babies but applauded for keeping a stiff upper lip. In general, people made as little fuss as possible over injuries and illness. Naturally, children socialized in this way
