Ive gotten tattooed 6 times, two ear piercings in each ear, tongue piercing and belly button piercing. All of them hurt me to a degree, some way more than others.

But i have been in extreme pain (according to those that were there) but came out of the blackout feeling normal. I have heard sone DD patients can dissociate pain but not me as much. When its too much pain i typically black out and personally dont feel pain, but the part thats out does feel pain.

I have a part whose sole purpose is to block out emotional pain, like when my grandmother who was my rock during many trauma events, when she had a bunch of massive strokes and became a vegitable, my part took over for a few days and i lingered in the middle (what t calls co concious) where i could see and hear what was going on but never felt any of it and never was in control of the body. Any time i get too emotionally hurt, that part takes over. I guess its the same as when im physically being hurt a part takes over. I did experience much the same with one of my tattooes but the body did feel pain but just not me, whoever was out took the pain, i remmembered seeing the body in pain and hearing groans and ows in the distance but not the pain per se.

But its different for everyone