Eric Garland - Working with Addiction & Pain
Mind & Life
Emptiness and Bliss in Painful Experiences
The traditional belief suggests that within any experience, including painful ones, there lies emptiness and bliss. Through mental training practices like mindfulness oriented recovery enhancement, individuals can learn to experience pain as pure sensation rather than pain, leading to better pain relief. Self-reports on questionnaires show that the ability to perceive pain differently mediates the effectiveness of pain relief, with greater pain relief achieved by those who excel at this practice.
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