What has caused you the most pain?

[ShirkahnW]

That a friend of mine wanted to kill herself...

[The Industrial Atheist]

Physically it would be any of my worst bouts with bigger kidney stones, which left my growling and crying out. Or pain from degenerative disc disease which was right up there with that. That was so bad I could barely get from one end of our small trailer to another.

[Der/die AtheistIn]

Religion. I grew up in a moderate christian family but was thaught in school the fundamentalist way. I broke free at 13 years with help from a friend of dad's. One year later I told my parents about my experience in school and they told me they don't believe in Hell. Years later I started to question the existence of God and finally became an atheist at the age of 17. One day I asked my mom: "Why do we need to pray? Will God not help us if we don't?", she replied: "No, but it gives you positive energy." "But there's no evidence for a God" "No, but it makes you happy to imagine that a God and angels protect you". I was already an atheist before that conversation and I didn't suffer from it, so I'm returning to Christianity. Also, WTF? All of this, the brainwashing the confusion about what my parents believe, my broken heart when I found I was brainwashed and possible existential crisis. All of this could have been prevented if she told me exactly what she believes before or during the time I was in school.
If you wanna run away from reality and indoctrinate me from the moment I'm born to do the same, then at the very least tell me what you believe when I'm in my first years of childhood, not when I'm almost an adult and I ask you to tell me. Otherwise don't expect me to think like you.
I also remember that I was never a big fan of going to church or praying, not even in kindergarten. A that time I didn't understand what are all rituals for, why were all people in church crossing themselves, kneeling, praying, lightning candles, kissing icons. I didn't understand much of what the preist said (now I understand and I wish I didn't). Most of all, I didn't understand why we were forced to eat bread and wine. I was orthodox and I hated the Eucharist. There were real pieces of bread soaked in wine. The priest fed them to us with spoons. Granted, there were 2 spoons and each of them was put in a glass of water after getting in someones mouth, but still. 
I am glad I became an atheist but wish I didn't go through all this pain.

[brewer]

Religion. I grew up in a moderate christian family but was thaught in school the fundamentalist way. I broke free at 13 years with help from a friend of dad's. One year later I told my parents about my experience in school and they told me they don't believe in Hell. Years later I started to question the existence of God and finally became an atheist at the age of 17. One day I asked my mom: "Why do we need to pray? Will God not help us if we don't?", she replied: "No, but it gives you positive energy." "But there's no evidence for a God" "No, but it makes you happy to imagine that a God and angels protect you". I was already an atheist before that conversation and I didn't suffer from it, so I'm returning to Christianity. Also, WTF? All of this, the brainwashing the confusion about what my parents believe, my broken heart when I found I was brainwashed and possible existential crisis. All of this could have been prevented if she told me exactly what she believes before or during the time I was in school.
If you wanna run away from reality and indoctrinate me from the moment I'm born to do the same, then at the very least tell me what you believe when I'm in my first years of childhood, not when I'm almost an adult and I ask you to tell me. Otherwise don't expect me to think like you.
I also remember that I was never a big fan of going to church or praying, not even in kindergarten. A that time I didn't understand what are all rituals for, why were all people in church crossing themselves, kneeling, praying, lightning candles, kissing icons. I didn't understand much of what the preist said (now I understand and I wish I didn't). Most of all, I didn't understand why we were forced to eat bread and wine. I was orthodox and I hated the Eucharist. There were real pieces of bread soaked in wine. The priest fed them to us with spoons. Granted, there were 2 spoons and each of them was put in a glass of water after getting in someones mouth, but still. 
I am glad I became an atheist but wish I didn't go through all this pain.

If this is the worst pain that you ever experience you'll be a very lucky individual.

[LastPoet]

Pain, that simple nuissance that keeps us away of what we need to do.

I hear labour is the most painfull, can't testify for that, but I saw my wife 33 hours opening her legs. Yeah, she is a trooper.

[Thumpalumpacus]

Acute physical pain: a third-degree a/c separation in my right shoulder, playing squadron football in the Air Force. It was 90 minutes before I got my first painkillers, and by that time my shoulder felt like a solid sheet of fire.

Chronic physical pain: my hip. I have osteonecrosis in my right hip, and the pain is constant and moderate. It spikes radically when I stumble, trip, or stand up or sit down using poor form. It usually feels like a really big toothache buried in my pelvis.

Emotional pain: when my bud JR killed himself shortly after his elder brother's death. Our families were very close over the years and while we knew Coach was dying from liver failure, JR's suicide blindsided us. It broke my spirit for quite a while, and changed me forever in a couple of ways.

[JackRussell]

When I found out my ex-wife was unfaithful, seeing friends die in Bosnia during the war.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Watching my first wife fight a thief for our grocery money. She lost before I could get there.

I hope you were able to return the favor.

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There were more cops holding me than the dirt bag. They were needed.

[Minimalist]

Getting kicked in the nuts playing soccer as a kid.

Probably why I despise soccer now.

[Whateverist]

The arrow I took in my knee, back in my adventuring days.

Jesus, how old are you?  Inter-tribal quarrel or vs the cowboys?  And I thought I was a fossil.

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Pain, that simple nuissance that keeps us away of what we need to do.

I hear labour is the most painfull, can't testify for that, but I saw my wife 33 hours opening her legs. Yeah, she is a trooper.

Was that for conception or delivery?