Contestants endure a torture chamber on a reality TV show, discussing their experiences of intense pain and how one contestant applies her knowledge about pain to cope with the ordeal.
Few sensations are as primal, as fundamental to our very survival, as pain.
But for a fifth of Australian adults, that useful protective mechanism lingers as chronic pain — persistent aching, searing, stabbing sensations, which can be incredibly stressful and debilitating.
What if you could dial down that pain — or even extinguish it altogether — by retraining your brain?