Eight things you can do right now to start feeling better
Overcoming Pain
by Admin
2y ago
Eight things you can do right now to start feeling better.   Learning how to feel better requires knowing how to harness the abilities of your brain; your brain enables you to both feel pain and to not feel pain. Neuroscientists have discovered that the best way to change negative feelings is to have an experience that generates different feelings, which is also linked to the painful feelings. Below you will find eight ‘brain-smart’ strategies which will help you to start learning to control your pain and feel better permanently. It is assumed that you have access to appropriate medical h ..read more
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Mark Grant’s pain management recipe
Overcoming Pain
by Mark Grant
3y ago
Overcoming chronic pain is like baking a cake; first you have to assemble all the right ingredients, mix them together under ideal conditions, and wait (baking a cake takes time). The waiting part can be hard, but if you have the right mix of ingredients, practice them regularly, maintain hope and patience, you will eventually feel better*. 1.Adequate pain control: Medication as needed, psychological strategiessuch as meditation, guided imagery, Bilateral stimulation, distraction, engaging in enjoyable activities. 2. Healing emotional trauma: Addressing any trauma that might be exacerbating yo ..read more
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Launch of Overcoming Pain App
Overcoming Pain
by Mark Grant
4y ago
Because chronic pain is so unresponsive to standard medical treatments, chronic pain sufferers are always looking for alternatives. Diet, herbs, cannabis and even aromatheapy are just some of the possibilities. But did you know that your nervous system has two built-in pain-control mechanisms – bottom-up (ascending) and top-down (descending) – and that each one stimulates the release of different pain relieving chemicals? So when you touch of apply heat or pressure to a painful area of your body, it stimulates decreased substance P and glutamate, neurotransmitters that are involved in the tran ..read more
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Overcoming Loneliness
Overcoming Pain
by Mark Grant
4y ago
If you go deeper and deeper into your own heart, you’ll be living in a world with less fear, isolation and loneliness. Sharon Salzberg We live in lonely times. Experts warn of an epidemic of loneliness 1 in 4 Australians report feeling lonely at least one day a week. Unmarried men experience the most loneliness according to a study by Relationships Australia. Loneliness is a modern phenomena – the word loneliness hardly appears in classical literature. Modern loneliness isn’t just about being physically removed from other people. Instead, it’s an emotional state of feeling apart from o ..read more
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I’m okay – I’m okay
Overcoming Pain
by Mark Grant
4y ago
So last time I talked about you can grow up with an inner feeling of ‘not-okayness.’ Today I’m going to talk about how to develop a healthy relationship with your emotions, your inner child, your vulnerable part, whatever you want to call it. A few months ago I saw an interview with actor Anthony Hopkins on late night American TV and the host was asking him what his most important life lesson was. And Hopkins replied “to never give up and then he pulled out his wallet and opened it up to show a picture of himself as a little boy which he says he often looks at and says “we showed them d ..read more
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I’m okay I’m not okay
Overcoming Pain
by Mark Grant
4y ago
Some of you older readers might remember a book that was very popular a few years ago called ‘I’m okay you’re okay.’ The book described how we develop beliefs about ourselves as children which inform how we see ourselves and others. Ideally we see ourselves and others as okay, but for various reasons many of us grow up believing (or at least feeling) ‘I’m not okay – you’re okay.’ This typically arises as a result of not receiving sufficient positive emotional regard (or attunement) as a child. Children are little balls of emotion reacting to what’s going on around them in a much less condition ..read more
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Stress, insomnia and EMDR
Overcoming Pain
by Mark Grant
4y ago
Seeing how many of my clients suffering from PTSD, stress and chronic pain also struggle with insomnia, I’ve long wanted to create a resource to help them. Sure there are meds, but they seem to create more problems than they solve and lose effectiveness over time. I  also haven’t found the traditional sleep hygiene strategies  to be of much help. I know there is some research for IRT (Image Rehearsal Therapy) being helpful with PTSD-related insomnia but I prefer approaches which require less effort on the part of my clients, who are often tired and unfocused, which is why I like EMDR . For exa ..read more
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How Workers Compensation Insurance Companies can drive you crazy
Overcoming Pain
by Mark Grant
4y ago
How to drive a person crazy; Cause them to falsely DOUBT themselves – in any way possible. Cause them to TIRE – usually by manufactured stress of one kind or another. CIA Psychological warfare manual If you suffer from medically unexplained pain you will have found that traditional medical treatment fails. You are already doubting your own sanity and the reality of your condition. Now add a third party that; Effectively controls many aspects of your life Questions the reality of your condition Subjects you to s ..read more
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8 Things your pain management psychologist will never tell you
Overcoming Pain
by Mark Grant
4y ago
A recent review of chronic pain therapies in Inpsych, the magazine of the Australian Psychologist, focused on only one method, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT).  CBT is the most researched pain management approach and forms the basis for the vast majority of self-help books. It’s based on the premise that negative thinking and behaviour exacerbate chronic pain and that reversing these can alleviate the suffering associated with this problem. At face value this is a fairly reasonable set of suppositions. CBT has been found to have small short-term effects on mood, disability and negative thin ..read more
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Lady Gaga’s pain gives hope
Overcoming Pain
by Mark Grant
4y ago
Lady Gaga’s Pain a message of hope Lady Gaga’s recent disclosure that she suffers from PTSD and chronic pain highlights a set of problems that affects more than 1 in 10 women, many of whom never get treatment.  Pain associated with PTSD often goes unreported and untreated because of a combination of factors including shame associated with sexual trauma, ignorance about the health effects of sexual trauma and lack of awareness of recent advances in the treatment of these problems.   Shame is the most common emotional response to sexual trauma. Sexual assault is such an assault on our physical a ..read more
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