I've absolutely done that, too! I'm usually good at dealing with pain by myself (even when prescribed pain killers, I'll take one when the pain is super severe, but nothing after that because I hate pain pills, they make me feel sick), so I'll either ignore the pain and go about my business or take an aleeve or something like that. I only go in when the pain gets to super severe levels, which sadly I've had to do far more frequently than I'd like to admit, but I always hate feeling like I'm there wasting their time when someone could've been an accident or shot or something and I'm sitting here with an owie and a frowny face. Even though the nursing staff are
always great about you being there and super professional, I still end up making myself feel like a 3 year old needing kisses from my mother to make it feel better. At the end of the day, that's what the ER is for, though, and it shouldn't make you feel bad for going, but damn do I hate that feeling