Yup, a TC can be brutal in various ways.
Example, I have a 10 inch 44 mag barrel that has a comp on it. It is down right painfull to shoot with some of my hot loaded 240gr behind Win 296 powder. The same loads out of my super blackhawk are much easier on the hand.
Also, there is different kinds of pain. I have a 14 inch .223 barrel for my TC that has a muzzle brake, the recoil is like a pellet gun but the muzzle blast and report are horrific!
I once had one of my ear plugs slip out of my ear slighlty while shooting it, the pain was unreal, my ear rang for 2 weeks and I know I have lost some hearing in that ear because of it.