larry
At 10:48 AM 10/22/2003, you wrote:
>I do something like that. Examine the pain. Feel it. Taste it. Dissect it
>with your mind. With understanding comes acceptance and with acceptance
>comes the ability to ignore it.
>It can get really fun when you start getting synostesia (sp?) type effects
>and the pain 'tastes' like soap and 'feels' like sugar.
>
> > 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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