>there are people on /k/ who think pain alone will actually stop someone from fighting in a life or death situation
Please tell me more about how if you got shot while defending yourself you would just fall over and let the attacker walk up to you and finish you. Oh wait, you would never get shot in your fantasies so you would never think about that, you're the main character the story revolves around so you wouldn't lose, just like in a movie or video game.