I'd stopped having contractions. Unfortunately, I was so far "away" that I
couldn't tell them they were wrong, so they sent me home. Doh! Sometimes
self-hypnosis stuff works too well, eh?
-d
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin Graeme" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2003 8:21 AM
Subject: Re: testing again
> One technique that I was taught during combat training was to exclusively
> focus on the pain such that the mind has to shut it out to survive.
>
> You can think of it as a self-hypnotic focus point. The pain is already
> there and it's probably somewhere between distracting to nearly
> overwhelming. The goal with the meditation is to force it to go over the
> edge into completely overwhelming. Let the pain expand to the fullness of
> your consciousness to the point where can eventually actually see and hear
> the pain in your mind. You want to have it expand to completely envelope
you
> so that you can't see or hear anything else. Eventually, the pain just
> disappears. Since this is significant pain you have, and since you're
> familiar with self-hypnosis already, you'll probably feel a familiar
floaty
> sensation afterwards.
>
> I don't know if it's just a focused way to force a release of endorphines
or
> something else, but I can say that it works. At least it did for me, and
I'm
> a VERY skeptical person.
>
> -Kevin
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Dinowitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2003 2:38 AM
> Subject: Re: testing again
>
>
> > Possibly. I'm big on perception and knowing/feeling what's going on,
> especially
> > with my own body. In most cases I still feel the pain and recognize that
> its
> > nasty, I just don't let it become the focus of what I'm doing.
> > One of these days I'm going to find a free second and read a few books
on
> pain
> > and pain control. My last book on the subject was at least 7 years ago.
> > Another thing to add to me list. :)
> >
> > > That's one of the more effective methods of cognitive forms of pain
> > > control. Redefinition, along with distraction work quite well.
Michael,
> > > wiht what you've said, and from other discussions I''ve had with you,
> I'd
> > > guess that you'd probably be very good at using full hypnotic
analgesia
> > > instructions to control pain.
> >
> >
>
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