Contractions

Been reading this app for a while and no labor symptoms at all (currently 40 +2). Y’all are like “oh I had contractions for 6 hours straight and didn’t go to the hospital” or “contractions all day and still nothing!” And I’ve been having contractions for like 20 mins and am like HOW. HOW are people just doing this nbd and letting it last all day and just kinda hanging out?? These suck!!