Chronic Pain Mind Body

Chronic pain, illness, and disability take so much away. Sometimes it seems as though they take everything we have ever loved and held dear. Our physical abilities and our jobs. Our current passions and future dreams. Our finances and our friends. Our sense of community and our ability to engage the world in ways we could before. Chronic pain takes away our sense of self and who we always thought ourselves to be. How in the world are we supposed to deal with this fact?

Hypnosis has been extensively studied in the field of pain relief, and found to be very effective if practiced regularly. In this short, focused program, hypnotist Maggie Staiger guides the listener in the technique of hypnotic pain reduction, using the technique of walling off the painful area, then fading the pain. The hypnosis is meant to be used for chronic pain that has been diagnosed by a doctor as such, and mustn't be tried on pain that has not been investigated by a medical professional.

After a number of years of being chronically ill with Lyme disease, Jenny Rush had a momentary realization that she was overlooking a lesson that was resulting in continued ill health. As she went into her last year of dealing with chronic illness at a physical level, Jenny shifted her primary focus from the illness itself to addressing the multitude of experiences that the illness was provoking.