For me, it is a tie between two situations. First was worse pain, but for less time, second was slightly less pain but lasted more than a full day and was therefore a much worse experience.

The first was a very bad bout of PMDD that felt like someone running razor wire through the organs in my lower abdomen. I ended up curled on the bathroom floor, unable to move and vomiting from the pain.

The second was when I had an allergic reaction to a medication that felt as though I had bruised every bone in my body to the point that sitting, standing, or lying down caused severe pain from the pressure on my skin. I begged my husband to take me to an urgent care, even though the pandemic was in full swing, because I couldn't stand the pain anymore, even with an abnormally high pain tolerance.