How to Catastrophize Your Mind

When I'm really caught, for example, in a migraine, that's pretty crippling and shuts me down. But if I have a migraine, a bad migraine, I just remind myself my hands feel fine. And then it's almost like I can do little sorties from there. It's not like the pain goes away, but suddenly the frame gets bigger. That doesn't make you go away, but it helps me to bear it.