My answer at one point (when I was in a rehab center recovering from a stroke) was something like “if 10 is, say, having a burning building collapse around me, this is a 3. Maybe a 2. I’m not sure… I’ve never had a burning building collapse around me, but I’d expect it sucks.”
Eventually I calibrated my answers against the pain meds they were giving me and just started giving them numbers.
My answer at one point (when I was in a rehab center recovering from a stroke) was something like “if 10 is, say, having a burning building collapse around me, this is a 3. Maybe a 2. I’m not sure… I’ve never had a burning building collapse around me, but I’d expect it sucks.”
Eventually I calibrated my answers against the pain meds they were giving me and just started giving them numbers.