Physical pain

The natives of Pern were learning to ease their physical pains by chewing the leaves of coca shrub (E thro>ylon truxillence, which contain, among... 

My favorite coping strategy is studying karate and tae kwon do, where there are rules, there is safety, there is a teacher, and I can defend myself. There is physical pain, when I make an error, but it is without fear. 

Naming Emily s illness as depression was difficult because most people associate depression with mental pain only. In her case, the physical pain was worse than the labor pain when I had two children. It was horrible.. . . ... 

Clinically, the euphoria of the opioid user is characterized by a relaxed attitude toward both physical pain and mental worries. The subjective... 

Everyday evidence exists to support the notion that physical pain is closely associated with emotion, cognition and attention. For example, people who have injured themselves whilst participating in a sporting event may not fully realize the extent of their injuries until they stop and their concentration is focused on the injury rather than the game. 

Although in the majority of cases, a physician would find an underlying pathological cause to explain a patient s physical pain, it is possible for pain to be brought on by emotional disturbances such as a reaction to grief, anxiety (panic disorder), depression or anger (Ray and Yoham 1992). These emotions themselves can be consequences of pain, perhaps even reinforcing each other, or lead to pain. Painful conditions can be mimicked by... 

Physical pain is a complex body response to injury. 

Types of conditions repeatedly stated to respond favorably to treatment with psychedelics include chronic alcoholism, criminal psychopathy, sexual deviations and neuroses, depressive states (exclusive of endogenous depression), phobias, anxiety neuroses, compulsive syndromes, and puberty neuroses. In addition, psychedelics have been used with autistic children, to make them more responsive and to improve behavior and attitudes with terminal cancer patients, to ease both the physical pain and the anguish of dying and with... 

Codeine and other opioid medications are used medically because of their ability to relieve physical pain—in fact, it is the only reason for their medical use as a group. A broader view of opioids reveals that they also can have profound effects on emotional pain— which is perhaps a frequent, if unconscious, reason for their non-medical use/abuse. Physical and emotional... 

To understand the benefits and drawbacks of opioid drugs, one needs to understand their primary effects on the body specifically, how they function as pain relievers. In the broadest sense, there are two types of pain— physical and emotional. Physical pain, while unpleasant, is necessary for survival. It serves as notification of the presence of injury or disease, which in turn prompts a person to take appropriate, possibly even life-saving action. Half of all individuals who seek medical attention report pain as their primary complaint. 

Contraindications Excessive dose may cause headache and confusion during first 5 minutes. May cause nausea on full stomach. Physical pain or discomfort may be amplified during first 10 minutes. MAO inhibitor. 

John had four MDMA sessions spaced over the course of nine months each time he achieved relief from his previously irremediable, intense physical pain, and had greater success in controlling painful episodes in the interim by returning himself to an approximation of the MDMA state. He noted in particular that the feelings of cosmic love, and especially forgiveness of himself and others, would usually precede the relief of physical pain. 

In the MDA-elicited state the patient simultaneously regresses and retains awareness of the present self. Yet.. . the person more than conceptually remembers the past, as he may vividly recapture visual or other sensory impressions inaccessible to him in the normal state, and he usually reacts with feelings that are in proportion to the event. This is the same process termed "returning in Dianetics, and which can range all the way from hypermnesia to repetition of a past experience in which not only the old feelings are again felt but physical pain or pleasure and other sensations, as the case may be ... 

Fatigue to the point of exhaustion almost always accompanies tardive disorders of any severity. Patients often become exhausted by the movements, by the effort to hide them, and by increased difficulty associated with carrying out daily activities. The primary impact on the brain itself may also produce fatigue. Although the disorders tend to disappear in sleep, they can make it difficult to fall asleep, adding to the exhaustion. Having to contend with the physical pain associated with tardive akathisia (inner torment) and with tardive dystonia (muscle spasms) can also wear a person down. 

If a physically painful or emotionally distressing withdrawal reaction develops during the tapering process, returning to the previous dose will usually ameliorate it. 

The natives of Peril were learning to ease their physical pains by chewing the leaves of coca shrub (Erytbroxylon tmxillence, "Rushy), which contain, among others, the alkaloid cocaine (11), and European citizens were recognizing other poisons such as coniine (12), from die poison hemlock ( Comum maculatum... 

Suddenly I walk out to the bag and stamp on it Gasps come forth involuntarily. People jump. Their faces show a rapid procession of emotions. Sometimes they complain about my cruelty. Many people report they felt a physical pain in their body when I smashed the bag. Many are as shocked as iff had physically hit them. But they get the point. It is all too easy to give the sense of identity to anything, and thereby give away some of our personal power. 

Somatoform disorders are a group of diseases that include the complaint of physical pain, which lead the patient to believe they have a physical disease, though none can be found by medical investigation (24). A study was conducted where 151 patients received either Hypericum 300 mg twice daily or placebo. Efficacy was measured using the Hamilton Anxiety Scale, subfactor somatic anxiety (HAMA-SOM). After 6 weeks, the average HAMA-SOM... 

In the application of IT, there is a recent and rapidly increasing tendency by many to use holistic to mean simply consideration of all factors for the patient, but nonetheless essentially meaning only those factors that are the focus of Western mainstream medicine. Presumably, this restricted use of the term is intended to give an air of establishment respectability, while the idea still confers a significant improvement on current healthcare. In contrast, everyday use of holistic continues to incorporate alternative medicine and the emotional, philosophical, metaphysical, and spiritual aspects of well-being. It would be very sad if this were lost from the definition. The goal of the traditional holistic approach is a wellness that encompasses each and every person in entirety, according their belief systems, and not just the lack of physical pain and disease (see, e.g., http //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holistic health), in complete accordance with the definition of health by the WHO as mentioned above and discussed below. 

ANO MENTAL PHENOMENA. PHYSICAL PAIN. ARISING OF OESlRE TO ESCAPE THESE PHENOMENA PERCEPTION OF VANISHING OF MINO OBJECTS PERCEPTION FAST ANO FLAWLESS DISAPPEARANCE OF LIGHTS. RAPTURE. ETC... 

---