Posted by Dinah on June 27, 2012, at 9:35:52
In reply to re: Our Digital Nation, posted by 64bowtie on June 20, 2012, at 2:10:12
I can't remember how it came about, but a high school teacher convinced me of the benefits of visualization for pain blocking. I can actually do a pretty good job of blocking pain by imagining a wall between whatever is hurting and my brain. The nerve impulses come along and are unable to pass the wall. My son prefers visualizing a rubber barrier.
I also do some visualization of antibodies immobilizing viruses. But that doesn't work as well, I don't think.
I've taught everyone in the family to stop hiccups by really concentrating on their breathing, but seem to have lost the knack myself. I must not be capable of that much concentration anymore.
The trouble with out of body imaginings, for me, is that I tend to dissociate at the best of times. I have to work far harder at grounding. It does work. Very well. But it carries with it some dangers of its own.
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