12 Mental Tricks for Pain Management
From a minor scratch to a major injury, an encounter with pain can happen at any moment. You can’t have a control in that. But, there’s something you can have a control on and that is the way you feel pain, yes your mind.
Our mind is a great player. It can trick us surprisingly well. But, guess what, we too can trick it for good. The pain is all in our mind but that doesn’t mean it is unreal. The pain that we feel is produced by the brain which is then processed to the body, where it notes the location and intensity, and emotionally dictates your reaction. Since pain involves both the mind and the body, certain mind-body therapies can help reduce the levels of stress hormones in the body, allowing the immune system to be better able to fight off the pain.
The sensation of pain is influenced by our genetic makeup, emotions, personality, and lifestyle. Even our past experience can trigger pain because it happens that the brain rewires itself to perceive pain signals even after the signals aren’t being sent anymore. Whatever the reason may be, you can trick your brain with the following pain control techniques.
- Fantasize food
When in pain, trick your brain to imagine a warm, gooey chocolate brownie or a cheese burst pizza maybe? Why? Because fantasizing about food can stimulate the production of pain fighting chemicals in the body.
- Breathe in, breathe out
Deep breathing is something you can practice anytime. Focus on the diaphragms and make your normal breathing quite deeper by breathing from the belly rather than shallow inhaling and exhaling from the chest and block your pain signals to a great extent. You can pair it up with some music to help maintain breathing rhythms.
- Activate your chakra
Our body consists of many interlinking nerves and energy fields. Activating such pressure points will improve the blood flow and stimulate the pain-numbing response well.
- Mindful meditation
One of the best answers to the question, “how to control pain?” An unattended mind is the breeding ground of half of our problems and one way to keep it calm is mindful meditation. Meditating with the entire focus on breath and wild imagination. Visualize the pain is shrinking or melting away from your body. Picturise a nice waterfall or a garden full of fresh flowers to relax and ease your pain.
- Laugh out loud
Laughter is undoubtedly nature’s own analgesic. Laughing will release the pain fighting chemical endorphins in your body and will also enhance your immune system.
From a minor scratch to a major injury, an encounter with pain can happen at any moment. You can’t have a control in that. But, there’s something you can have a control on and that is the way you feel pain, yes your mind.
Our mind is a great player. It can trick us surprisingly well. But, guess what, we too can trick it for good. The pain is all in our mind but that doesn’t mean it is unreal. The pain that we feel is produced by the brain which is then processed to the body, where it notes the location and intensity, and emotionally dictates your reaction. Since pain involves both the mind and the body, certain mind-body therapies can help reduce the levels of stress hormones in the body, allowing the immune system to be better able to fight off the pain.
The sensation of pain is influenced by our genetic makeup, emotions, personality, and lifestyle. Even our past experience can trigger pain because it happens that the brain rewires itself to perceive pain signals even after the signals aren’t being sent anymore. Whatever the reason may be, you can trick your brain with the following pain control techniques.
- Fantasize food
When in pain, trick your brain to imagine a warm, gooey chocolate brownie or a cheese burst pizza maybe? Why? Because fantasizing about food can stimulate the production of pain fighting chemicals in the body.
- Breathe in, breathe out
Deep breathing is something you can practice anytime. Focus on the diaphragms and make your normal breathing quite deeper by breathing from the belly rather than shallow inhaling and exhaling from the chest and block your pain signals to a great extent. You can pair it up with some music to help maintain breathing rhythms.
- Activate your chakra
Our body consists of many interlinking nerves and energy fields. Activating such pressure points will improve the blood flow and stimulate the pain-numbing response well.
- Mindful meditation
One of the best answers to the question, “how to control pain?” An unattended mind is the breeding ground of half of our problems and one way to keep it calm is mindful meditation. Meditating with the entire focus on breath and wild imagination. Visualize the pain is shrinking or melting away from your body. Picturise a nice waterfall or a garden full of fresh flowers to relax and ease your pain.
- Laugh out loud
Laughter is undoubtedly nature’s own analgesic. Laughing will release the pain fighting chemical endorphins in your body and will also enhance your immune system.
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