I don't believe patients' pain - help me reframe?

I'm an M4 (who isn't going into EM) on my EM rotation. I'm not sure what it is, but somehow hanging out in the ED made me realize that I don't usually believe my patient's discomfort. Syncope in a young woman? Vasovagal. Shoulder pain? Patient should have stayed home and just iced it. The overwhelming majority of headaches are nothing. Sometimes I just think, "ARGH people need to chill out, develop higher pain tolerance, suck it up, and then maybe... just maybe... call their PCP." I almost... I don't believe patients' pain - help me reframe?
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