You may or may not know what causes it, but pain, intense, excruciating and severe, takes you to the point where nothing else matters. And yet there is no easy way of eliminating pain
HYPNOSIS
• Sit in a comfortable chair. Close your eyes and
relax. Lift one foot, let it drop gently; repeat with the other foot and arms. Visualize a repetition.
• Now you are ready to take the plunge into a hypnotic trance. Picture yourself in a place where you are at complete ease with yourself and the world.
• Count one to five and imagine your body sinking down and down
into the chair, gradually becoming a thing apart from you. You can
now transfer the
pain you are feeling to another part of the
body or you can consciously feel the
pain less, or not feel
it at all. You can also tell yourself what to experience or what to
do after you come out of hypnosis, using what is called post-hypnotic
suggestion.
• Do not; however, be discouraged by a lack of immediate success.
The fact that you are using hypnosis means you are tapping the power
of your mind in a battle against
pain.
