Of course, when we think about pain we most often associate it with the physical symptoms, but pain is also directly linked to your emotional health. This is why, according to NPF, those with chronic pain are also more likely to suffer from depression, anxiety, sleep disturbances and feelings like guilt, anger, fear, denial, disappointment and loneliness.
Not only does pain increase the likelihood of emotional problems, but when someone with pain is feeling even slight levels of stress, anxiety or depression, the pain will feel more severe and be more disabling, according to NPF.
It is therefore necessary to release these types of negative feelings to become pain-free.
Addressing Your Emotions to Relieve Pain
Comprehensive pain management must include an outlet for your emotions if it is to be successful. When you experience pain, releasing the negative thoughts and feelings that you associate with it using a process called The Sedona Method will help the feelings of pain to dissolve -- even if the underlying physical condition is still present.
The Method consists of a series of questions that will help to quiet your mind and, at the same time, give you the clarity of mind you need to break the cycle of pain and suffering.
“Before and after any painful event I would recommend letting go of the feelings about what did happen or what might happen. This dissolves the anticipation or dread, which ultimately becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy,” says Hale Dwoskin, CEO and director of training of Sedona Training Associates.
The scientifically proven Sedona Method can be used before, during and after physical pain to help you get rid of the painful feelings and welcome only good ones. Though it may sound surprising, learning to welcome the feeling of pain is actually part of experiencing relief.
“While you are having pain of any kind I would treat it as a sensation as best you can; look through the label called pain, which is always based on memory,” Dwoskin says. “I would then allow yourself to welcome the sensation and then welcome emptiness or space in which the sensations are appearing. If you go back and forth between welcoming the sensations and welcoming the emptiness or space, the sensations tend to dissolve into the space, resulting in great relief.”
Over the past 25 years, many Sedona Method graduates have reported significant improvements in their pain levels. So if you or someone you love is experiencing chronic pain, please take a moment to learn more about The Sedona Method.
Source
The National Pain Foundation
http://www.nationalpainfoundation.org
