Dissolving Pain: Simple Brain-Training Exercises for Overcoming Chronic Pain by Fehmi Les & Robbins Jim

Author:Fehmi, Les & Robbins, Jim [Fehmi, Les]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
Published: 2011-07-25T04:00:00+00:00

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Dissolving Pain

Each of us literally chooses, by his way of attending to things, what sort of universe he should appear to himself to inhabit.

—WILLIAM JAMES

MARY ANNE HAD the pain and other symptoms of multiple sclerosis when she came to see us, including foot drop (weakness in the front lower legs, foot, ankle, and toes), muscle tremors, and leg drag. MS is an autoimmune disorder in which the body’s immune system attacks the myelin sheaths (the casing that surrounds nerve fibers), causing them to deteriorate. Nerve fibers transmit electrical impulses within the brain and between the brain and spinal cord and the rest of the body, including the muscles and organs. As the sheaths break down, they harden into a type of scar tissue, and the messages between the nervous system and the body go awry, causing, among other things, motor problems.

Open-Focus training cannot repair the deterioration of the myelin sheaths; that’s a breakdown in the body’s structure. Instead, Mary Anne came to see us for the stress and anxiety she suffered, caused by her concern about her symptoms and other issues. As she worked with the Open-Focus exercises and learned to dissolve the pain in her legs and elsewhere, she began to notice that her other symptoms started to diminish. The foot drop and leg drag, for example, occurred much less, and her tremors were often only barely noticeable.

“Sometimes I have the symptoms, and sometimes I don’t have them at all,” she told me one day, very pleased. Over time, she found that she was able to live in Open Focus and stay pain-free. She adds, “I used to have to say to myself, ‘Open your focus, diffuse your attention,’ but now it’s reflexive, and it’s very much a part of me.”

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