Unlearn Your Pain: A 28-Day Process to Reprogram Your Brain by Howard Schubiner & Michael Betzold

Author:Howard Schubiner & Michael Betzold
Language: eng
Format: mobi
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ISBN: 9780984336715
Publisher: Mind Body Publishing
Published: 2012-03-15T21:23:32+00:00

Reprogramming Thoughts and Emotions Connected to MBS Symptoms

It is critical to begin to notice thoughts and emotions as they occur. Everyone has a large number of them during the day. Most go unnoticed and can add to the buildup of emotions in the subconscious. One day I was walking into the kitchen, and I suddenly noticed a sharp pain that occurred in four spots in my back simultaneously. The pain lasted a few minutes and seemed to come from “out of the blue.” I immediately stopped what I was doing and tried to notice what was going on in my mind. I asked myself, “What were you thinking about?” My first reaction was that I wasn’t thinking about anything. So I asked again. This time it came to me. I’d been thinking about a conflict I was having with a relative.

Thoughts and emotions are constantly bubbling below the surface of our consciousness. You can’t notice every one of them, but the more you train yourself to notice mental events, the better you will be at connecting your thoughts and emotions to MBS symptoms. Once you begin to make these connections, you are well on your way to getting better.

During your day, try to identify any emotions such as fear, anger, resentment, guilt, hurt, or shame that occur, whether they happen when you are having MBS symptoms or at other times. It is important to recognize that all of your thoughts and emotions are normal. Everyone has thoughts and emotions that appear to be at times silly, weird, dangerous, petty, fearful, and even evil. You can learn to notice a wide variety of thoughts and emotions yet stop your mind and body from reacting to them with pain or other MBS symptoms.

One way to categorize these emotions is to consider them as coming from the inner childmind (for example, “I am mad,” “I want more,” “I feel afraid”) or from the inner parent-mind (for example, “You should know better,” “You should do more,” “You are no good”). Sometimes you’ll find that both of these types of emotions occur almost at the same time or that one type triggers the other. When you notice any of these emotions, do the next exercise to reprogram your mind to reduce the symptoms they may be causing.

EXERCISE 2:

When you notice emotions during the day, whether they are associated with any symptoms or not, stop and take a deep breath. Then take a moment to talk to your mind. Tell yourself that your emotions and feelings are normal. Accept that you have these thoughts and that they may be very strong at times. Take another deep breath to allow the feelings to settle. Pay attention to what is causing the emotion.

Then tell yourself that you won’t allow these thoughts and emotions to continue to cause MBS symptoms any longer. Do this firmly and assertively. Tell your mind that you are going to learn to have feelings without having the reactions that cause MBS. Tell your mind

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