Post by donq on Oct 30, 2022 5:50:20 GMT
physical/mental pain
First, let's see about physical pain.
You accidentally knocked your forehead against the door edge, what would do you?
1. You winced and winced and stopped doing anything else.
2. You just laughed at it and continued to do what you were going to do.
Or 3. You heard a lovely song from somewhere nearby and totally were distracted by it. In that very moment, you had forgotten about the pain on your forehead.
I read that someone might not feel their (physical) pain at all (it's called "Asymbolia for pain"). And others might feel pain even without the real pain there (the nocebo effect or hypochondria). Not to mention, how does the placebo effect (a patient feels better after taking a drug that has no medicine in it-sugar pills) work?
Are alternative medicine, hypnosis,or even acupuncture just the placebo effect? In his later years, Dr. Felix Mann, President of the Medical Acupuncture Society wrote somewhere that acupressure (acupuncture) still work even when you press on the wrong (acu) points!
Dr Milton H. Erickson wrote somewhere that, "From common experience, one can think of a mother suffering extremely severe pain and aIl-absorbed in her pain experience. Yet she forgets it without effort or intention when she sees her infant dangerously threatened or seriously hurt. One can think of men in combat seriously wounded, but who do not discover their injury until later."
What are the mystery factors in all those above?
Why do hypnosis, biofeedback, the placebo effect and psychosomatic medicine could really help people to alleviate their pain?
Now, let's take a look at mental pain (psychological pain or emotional pain).
From the same situation above (knocking your forehead) somehow your mind comes to play. In fact, it always comes to play the important part.
What made you winced (1), or laughed (2), or totally forgot about your pain after you were distracted by something else (3)?
Don't get me wrong, I don't mean your pain is not real. It is. And you need to so something with it (seeking help, doctor etc.)
Still, it is your mind that will determine the way to handle the situation and how long your pain continue, isn't it?
Somehow, there's a fine line between physical and mental pain.
First, let's see about physical pain.
You accidentally knocked your forehead against the door edge, what would do you?
1. You winced and winced and stopped doing anything else.
2. You just laughed at it and continued to do what you were going to do.
Or 3. You heard a lovely song from somewhere nearby and totally were distracted by it. In that very moment, you had forgotten about the pain on your forehead.
I read that someone might not feel their (physical) pain at all (it's called "Asymbolia for pain"). And others might feel pain even without the real pain there (the nocebo effect or hypochondria). Not to mention, how does the placebo effect (a patient feels better after taking a drug that has no medicine in it-sugar pills) work?
Are alternative medicine, hypnosis,or even acupuncture just the placebo effect? In his later years, Dr. Felix Mann, President of the Medical Acupuncture Society wrote somewhere that acupressure (acupuncture) still work even when you press on the wrong (acu) points!
Dr Milton H. Erickson wrote somewhere that, "From common experience, one can think of a mother suffering extremely severe pain and aIl-absorbed in her pain experience. Yet she forgets it without effort or intention when she sees her infant dangerously threatened or seriously hurt. One can think of men in combat seriously wounded, but who do not discover their injury until later."
What are the mystery factors in all those above?
Why do hypnosis, biofeedback, the placebo effect and psychosomatic medicine could really help people to alleviate their pain?
Now, let's take a look at mental pain (psychological pain or emotional pain).
From the same situation above (knocking your forehead) somehow your mind comes to play. In fact, it always comes to play the important part.
What made you winced (1), or laughed (2), or totally forgot about your pain after you were distracted by something else (3)?
Don't get me wrong, I don't mean your pain is not real. It is. And you need to so something with it (seeking help, doctor etc.)
Still, it is your mind that will determine the way to handle the situation and how long your pain continue, isn't it?
Somehow, there's a fine line between physical and mental pain.
