DS overacting to pain, is this normal?

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My DS is nearly 6. He is a fairly resilient little boy. He doesn’t seem ‘sensitive’ he isn’t too bothered about being told off, falling out with friends etc. However when I comes to hurting himself he is completely over the top. The slightest scratch or even when he is completely unharmed he will scream like his leg has been chopped off.
His friends don’t seem to cry much anymore at all.
Is this normal? Will he grow out of it?

if you're sure hes not just doing it for attention then it could be that he feels pain more than usual. some people just do have very low pain thresholds.

One of mine was like this, the other could run head first into the wall and barely feel it. I don't think I've reacted any differently to them really, it's just how they are. They did both grow out of it and have more normal reactions to things now they're a bit older.

I have DS1 same age. He is dramatic and overly so when it comes to hurting himself - a slight bump or scratch and we get “is there blood??” accompanied by much tears and heaving of chest.
DS2 is complete opposite and I often find scratches, cuts, some of them still bleeding and he hasn’t mentioned. He stood on an upturned plug once and lacerated his foot - didn’t say anything at the time but later at bedtime I saw the wound at which point he said that yes it was sore. DS1 would have been screaming blue murder all afternoon. Just horses for courses. Possibly different pain thresholds. Or possibly one of them being a drama llama and the other getting on with life. Who knows! Can’t answer to growing out of it but I’m guessing as they get older they will observe their friends making less of a fuss and dampen their reaction accordingly? One can but hope.

My DS was exactly like this up until about the age of 12.
He would scream blue murder at the tiniest of bumps or scratches, to the point where it was actually quite embarrassing if we were out in public.
Funnily enough, the smaller the injury the worse he would react. Once, about age 6, he came off his bike and knocked a tooth out. There was blood everywhere and we had to go to A&E as it was classed as a head injury.
He cried but not excessively so. Then another time he fell over (on grass) with not so much as a scratch and you would have thought the world was ending!
He did eventually grow out of the dramatics at about 13 and now at 15 he is actually quite brave!

Glad to hear I’m not alone with this then.
He has dark hair and olive skin.
I don’t think he does it for attention as I’m usually not that attentive because I’m so used to hearing the blood curdling screams. It’s embarrassing, people in the street come rushing over, I’ve had someone ask if they should call an ambulance before!
His little mates just look at him like he’s mad it’s so over the top.

I have 3 sons and 2 of them are like this. The other one is a hypochondriac though.
The 2 ‘drama’ boys cry getting their nails cut. A tiny scratch needs a plaster, and then they can’t use that limb as long as the plaster is on.
I’m often told “ it hurts!” When they have had a plaster on for a day or two.
It’s seriously embarrassing. One of them is a teen already! Still hoping they grow out of it!!

People have vastly different pain thresholds. Your DS could simply have a low pain threshold. That’s why some of us can birth babies with zero pain relief and others of us scream for drugs at the first contraction.

Look up interoception. Midland Occupational Therapy on Facebook did a webinar on it the other day, it may be accessible through their page.

People with anxiety often have lower pain thresholds - how is he normally?

I don’t get the impression he is anxious in anyway. Once I was cross with him and asked him ‘do you not care that I’m upset with you?’ and he shrugged and said you won’t be cross in a few minutes.
He does have some dyspraxic traits so a difference in introspection could be part of that. I will look up the webinar, thank you.