Chronic Pain Causes Treatment - How To Stop Negative Thinking - How Negative Emotions Turn Into Pain
Today Dr. Afsheen Riaz will talk about an important topic - "chronic pain and negative emotions" which is a common cause of concern nowadays.
What is Chronic Pain?
It means pain in any part of the body that lingers for more than 4-6 weeks for example headache, knee pain, back pain. Chronic pain can be due to unaddressed negative emotions. You may feel a lot of negative emotions in your daily life that makes you sad, anxious, or uncomfortable.
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If you start repressing your negative emotions it can transform into a pain in the body. Most of us don't care that much about our emotions and often ignore them. However, you should never do this as mental and emotional health is as important as your physical health.
A simple mental exercise to reduce chronic pain:
Step 1: Ask yourself what emotion am I feeling right now?
Step 2: Note down the name of the emotion on a paper
Step 3: Repeat the exercise daily till you are pain-free.
Step 4: Do it for 1-2 weeks minimum and write down all those emotions that you are feeling.
Step 5: After some time, you will notice that you aren't feeling any pain at all
Step 6: Identity which emotion is showing up most often times you have written subconsciously for example anger, sadness, fear, hurt, guilt.
Step 7: Resolve this negative emotion
This is a proven technique and will help you become pain-free. You should definitely try this exercise to reduce chronic pain. You need to put as much effort into this exercise as you do when taking your medicine. This is a simple mental exercise and natural treatment.