----- 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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