Coping with Fear and Pain in a Reality TV Show

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?