2007-09-20 22:44:57 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Mental Health
This is the basic idea someone I really respect shared with me...
Pain is a neural (brain) signal that lets us know when something is wrong. A pulled muscle, an infection, etc. Concentrate on the signal, and try to understand where it's coming from; then tell your body that you understand and that it can shut off the signal. We do have a huge amount of control over our own bodies if we just work at it. It will be tough to master this, but eventually, you can make it work.
Think about the religious zealots, carnival freaks, piercing fanatics, etc---they feel pain, but take it as a sensation to understand, be felt, and then dealt with by turning off the signal.
"Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional."
I am certainly not telling you not to see a doctor if you suffer severe or chronic pain' and I am not telling you this idea works 100% of the time, (especially at first)...but what I AM telling you is that it CAN work, and there are many people who are living proof of this :) (Including me---I am still working at it, lol)
Good luck.
2007-09-20 23:01:29 · answer #1 · answered by Calliope 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Find the place between your perceiver and the perception.
Very basic meditation of watching in a detached way. Feel it and let the feeling float away.
Focus on your breathing to start. Think about how the air flows in and out. Through your lungs, out and away it goes.
Place your pain into the exhalations. Away it floats.
Yes it really works well. So well, and so natural I am amazed I could even describe it.
Relaxation. There is one formalized meditation of checking each muscle to see if it is relaxed or tennsed. As you are focusing on each you will find the rest of your body relaxes. And it keeps you from worrying and focusing on your pain.
2007-09-20 23:02:05 · answer #2 · answered by bahbdorje 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
meditation to alleviate pain never worked on me. Today I had intense lower back pain, so used the heat treatment and then took a very potent pain killer after my lunch. Slept for 2 hours and hoooray .... when I got up the pain was gone !
2007-09-20 22:55:08 · answer #3 · answered by PikC 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You would be better off using autosuggestion (self hypnosis), rather than meditation, or seeing a qualified hypnotherapist. See http://www.ezy-build.net.nz/~shaneris on pages 3, 2, 11, and 38.
2007-09-20 23:39:35 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋