I've recently been reading some books about how past trauma is tied up with chronic pain and illness too - I'm finding it fascinating at the moment reading about how much our bodies and brains are connected. My book recommendation for you is The Body Keeps The Score by Bessel Van Der Kolk. I shall be having a look into the Sarno book!
The use of mindfulness strategies to relieve all sorts of distress is remarkably efficacious. I'm always amazed by how much control I can exercise over my experience of, in this case, emotional pain, by re-imagining what I'm going through. Free, painless and you don't have to leave the house.
Good heavens.... think I have dental pain like that... Another expensive visit to the dentist, he couldn't find anything, and, voila, the pain vanished. Next time, I'll wait longer before making an appointment!
PRT sounds terrific, I look forward to learning more about it. I read Sarno's book in the 1990s and it made a big, positive impression on me. I didn't experience back pain again until a couple months ago. Although I knew I'd definitely strained my back during a very high stress period, I added his principles to the heat and Tylenol and it was a relatively short-lived event.
I thought PRT had been banned in Florida, Iowa and Virginia. But seriously, this is useful information. My back and I have a complicated relationship.
I've recently been reading some books about how past trauma is tied up with chronic pain and illness too - I'm finding it fascinating at the moment reading about how much our bodies and brains are connected. My book recommendation for you is The Body Keeps The Score by Bessel Van Der Kolk. I shall be having a look into the Sarno book!
The use of mindfulness strategies to relieve all sorts of distress is remarkably efficacious. I'm always amazed by how much control I can exercise over my experience of, in this case, emotional pain, by re-imagining what I'm going through. Free, painless and you don't have to leave the house.
Good heavens.... think I have dental pain like that... Another expensive visit to the dentist, he couldn't find anything, and, voila, the pain vanished. Next time, I'll wait longer before making an appointment!
Fascinating! Say more, please . . . .
PRT sounds terrific, I look forward to learning more about it. I read Sarno's book in the 1990s and it made a big, positive impression on me. I didn't experience back pain again until a couple months ago. Although I knew I'd definitely strained my back during a very high stress period, I added his principles to the heat and Tylenol and it was a relatively short-lived event.