It was in my case..............
In my case as well. In my mid twenties I got pleurisy. If childbirth is more painful, I’m surprised generations continue to be born.
I was in such pain that I had to call my mother to take me to the hospital, where I was doubled over looking like a crab and calling for “morphine”.
The nurse was convince I was a drug addict going through withdrawal but my mother finally prevailed.
So they shot me up with morphine and I didn’t, in the least, feel “high”. But the pain went away.
So add another person (anecdotally, of course) that believes that if you are in great pain, the drug acts differently than if you are using it “recreationally”.