How do you manage Pain?

Have you ever been in pain?  You may have found it very consuming because it was all you could think about.  How did you cope with that?  Pain affects different people in different ways and your pain threshold may be higher or lower to the next person.  Does that make your pain any more or less important?  Of course not, but how you deal with any problem will define you.  Do you get on with life or do you just stop?  Does your pain define who you are?  What can you do about that?  Have you got coping strategies?  There are people that live with pain and get on with their lives, while there are people that are ruled by their pain and this stops them living their lives to the full. Which one is you?  Can you change that?  It's something to think about.