#814 - Doctor Mike - Reacting To The Rise Of Anxiety, Microplastics & Antidepressants
Modern Wisdom
Pain Cycle
- Pain is influenced by many factors, including a psychological "pain cycle."
- This cycle involves conditioning oneself to experience pain more frequently due to expectation and guarding against it.
- Increased sensitivity to pain arises from this anticipation, similar to concentrating to hear a faint sound.
- We can train ourselves to reduce pain expectation, effectively lowering the perceived "volume" of pain.
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