Reach out if you want some individual help with coaching or would like to join my weekly group sessions. Head over to my website for more information. www.thepainpt.com
When my brain goes to my pelvis (where my problem is) I consciously move my attention to another body part that feels good (my feet). Then sometimes during the day when I do other things the burning and the pain moves from my pelvic area to my feet for a few seconds or minutes. it is very strange.
Yes, can move around. That is the symptom imperative. Face every feeling if it comes. Don’t look for it but deal with it if it comes. The burning may be some anger
Yes so true! Except your scanning for something that’s not dangerous. Would be like the radar at an airport scanning for paper airplanes vs real ones coming in for landing
Yes you deal with anxiety by not listening to it or believing it. It’s a false fear so if comes we deal with it in this way. We don’t want to have a conscious anxious reaction to anxiety.
I think practicing mindfulness by meditating every day can help you stay more present and more engaged with life. The circumstances of that are that you focus less on the symptoms and more on living normally. Plus you're more aware when the brain is hijacking your focus toward the symptoms
Yes catch yourself doing it. Getting depressed is anger going into you. Some ways to handle this are: responding strongly, mindfulness, moving your attention elsewhere, inviting it in can really help, not caring, channeling anger into facing it bring it on attitude etc
Months went by with this constant occipital neuralgia everyday Friday it disappeared for hours I was happy and moving my head around with joy …. Then Suddenly anxiety and panic quickly came into me , almost like it replaced the pain Then my left foot / leg began to get painful and red for absolutely no reason, I had it on the move Then 2 days later it came back to occipital neuralgia 😔 Damit I felt like I was so close I guess this was a set back
Hi Jim Can you do a video on waking up in pain? Pain that is worst in the morning and improves slightly throughout the day only to come right back everyday. I feel so depressed, I have been in pain everyday for years and nothing is working.
I’m on vacation in gulf shores Alabama hoping that a vacation will distract me from my pelvic pain symptoms. It’s working fairly well but I still have pain spikes. Jim, what is your take on this?
I have pelvic pain as well. My take is that this is psychological. Yes stretching helps, rectal dialators help for internal release is very beneficial, deep breathing and relaxation helps relax the body, posture correction helps alot. But ultimately, this is steming from the brain. The brains is tricking you into avoiding some sort of issue (fear/anxiety/sadness/depression/anger/etc).
