The first step in creative imagery is to enter deep relaxation (Technique # 14). Although not essential, you can deepen this relaxation by adding biofeedback (Technique #15).
You should now be tying down, deeply relaxed Begin by getting in touch with your headache pain and experiencing it. Exactly where is it? What are its dimensions? Is it constant or pulsating? Can you give it a shape, color, smell or taste?
Then continue with one or more of these frequently-used imagery techniques.
• Distorting Time. The rationale behind this popular hypnotic therapy is that time seems to drag endlessly during periods of discomfort while it literally flies during a pleasant experience.
Picture yourself experiencing the most pleasurable sensations you can think of—being given a massage in a luxurious room while beautiful girls bring food and drink—or whatever else arouses sensations of hedonism and deep pleasure. Continue to daydream as you visualize a series of rich pleasures.
As you enjoy the mental feeling, time will begin to fly past just as if you had actually experienced the pleasures you fantasized. And as the passage of time is reversed, so you will find, is your headache pain.
• Bathing the Painful Area in Sunshine. Picture a bright ray of healing sunshine flooding the headache area. As you hold this mental picture, repeat autogenic phrases such as these: “My head is entirely free of pain. I feel happy, relaxed and comfortable all over. As the sun’s healing rays enter my head, I am completely free of pain. I feel deeply grateful that my inner healing power has restored me to pain-free health.”
A few minutes of this imagery usually cuts most headache pain in half. And a few more minutes often ends it completely.
• Glove Anesthesia. Visualize one of your hands immersed in an imaginary bucket of hot water. As you maintain this picture, your hand should become quite warm. As soon as you feel this warmth, visualize your other hand plunged into an imaginary bucket of cold water filled with slush ice. In a short time, your hand will feel numbed with cold and it will tingle as if asleep.
Now use this phrase: “1 now transfer this numbness to the headache area by touching it with my cold band.” As you repeat this autogenic phrase, place your cold hand against the headache area. Almost everyone experiences a cold, pain-numbing feeling in the head while the headache diminishes.
Repeated several times, this imagery often produces quite dramatic results, even when medication has failed. It is especially effective for migraine relief.
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