Chronic Pain Insights
Ron shares his journey through chronic pain, revealing how emotional reactions and psychological factors can amplify physical sensations. By learning to notice and accept pain without resistance, individuals can break the cycle of distress and potentially resolve their pain completely. This discussion emphasizes the importance of differentiating between chronic and acute pain, providing valuable insights for those struggling with long-term discomfort.In this clip
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Dr. Ron Siegel - How to Change your Relationship to Pain
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If the goal is to diminish the physiological response, would working to change that response immediately after being triggered also diminish it over time and break the conditioning? For example, if a person had a traumatic experience with a spider and every time they see the spider or get activated by a trigger, they immediately use breathwork to calm their body, would that work like retelling a narrative to extinguish the fear? Did I miss something?
If the goal is to diminish the physiological response, then if the person works to change their physiological response immediately after being triggered, would that over time also diminish the physiological response and therefore break the conditioning? Am I right? For example, if a person had a traumatic experience with a spider, but every time they see the spider or get activated through some trigger, and immediately after uses breathwork to calm the body, would that work like retelling a narrative to extinguish the fear? Did I miss something?
If the goal is to diminish the physiological response, would a person working to change their physiological response immediately after being triggered also diminish the physiological response over time and break the conditioning? For example, if a person had a traumatic experience with a spider, but every time they see the spider or get activated by a trigger, they use breathwork to calm their body, would that work like retelling a narrative to extinguish the fear? Did I miss something?