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| Dave |
Posted - 11/15/2011 : 11:59:06
From today's WSJ:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204323904577038041207168300.html
How you think about pain can have a major impact on how it feels.
That's the intriguing conclusion neuroscientists are reaching...
... more than 30 years after Dr. Sarno already reached it.
Oh well, better late than never. |
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| tennis tom |
Posted - 11/16/2011 : 07:48:11
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Originally posted by balto
...and be careful, Mark Twain said: "Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint."
That's pretty funny Balto!! I think I'll add that to the quotes in my sig. |
| guej |
Posted - 11/16/2011 : 06:50:08
That article was my experience to the letter. Doesn't matter whether you go the Freudian/repressed emotions route or the anxiety route, it's how you change your thinking about and reaction to the pain that ultimately diminishes it. Some get it right away. Others, including myself, overanalyze it and struggle for a long time. For me, it was the forced distraction of work (ironically, a job that totally stresses me out..), that took my mind finally off the non-stop pain, and in turn, it faded over time. I also resumed all activity, pain or not pain.
Dr. Sarno's instincts and others were right. Now, they have MRIs to substantiate those gut feelings they developed from their experiences with patients. Chronic pain is a disease of the nervous system and brain, and that's why physical remedies like PT, chiros, trigger point therapy, never helped me for more than a brief plocebo moment. |
| balto |
Posted - 11/16/2011 : 05:16:04
And more than 50 years after Claire Weekes.
More than 100 years after Ralph Waldo Emerson said: "you become what you think about all day long".
More than 2500 years after the Buddha said: "The mind is everything. What you think you become." and "The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moment you reject all help are you freed."
and be careful, Mark Twain said: "Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint."
Thanks for the article Dave. |
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