Hypnotize Yourself Out of Pain Now!

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xviHypnotize Yourself Out Of Pain Now!• Pain relief and comfort imagery exercises• Healing imagery• Therapeutic touch and energy healing• Comfort transfer techniques• Instant stress controlThe hypnotic and relaxation techniques on the CD are all described indetail in print in this book. So, please continue reading, listen to the CD atany point when you feel like doing so and it is appropriate to do so, and startgetting more comfortable. I wish you peace and comfort and healing.Bruce N. Eimer, Ph.D.September 18, 2007
SIXChoose the Right HypnoticCoping Strategy: Distractionand Imagination MethodsOne can always forget pain.—Milton H. Erickson, M.D. Distraction: The Fourth DDistraction refers to diverting or redirecting your attention awayfrom one thing toward another; for example, away from pain and towardsomething neutral, pleasant, or less uncomfortable.Distraction is an effective pain-control strategy because the consciousmind can only process a finite or limited amount of input and informationat one time. The unconscious, on the other hand, can process many things atthe same time. So the goal in using the strategy of distraction is to introducestimuli and sensations that compete with the pain sensations for yourconscious attention. If these competing sensations get to your brain first,they can prevent the pain sensations from ever reaching your brain. Theycan at the least slow down the transmission of the pain sensations up yourspinal cord.Distraction Works from the Bottom UpWhen your conscious mind is paying attention to the sensationscreated by your rubbing or massaging the area of your body that hurts, it hasless capacity to pay attention to pain sensations. Recall from our discussion
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