*TL;DR:

On a personal note

The last seven years have been very painful for me, both mentally and physically. Due to my health prolems I experience both

One thing that I noticed is that pain brings our

One thing that I noticed is that the brain deals with the pain either by actionism or withdrawing. In both cases the underlying

What do I mean by pain?

Much more than

y:

  1. Try to identify the reason for the pain
  2. Make a plan how to overcome the pain
  3. Imagine a future without the pain

This is mostly reasonable, since most pain is one that we can react to, like stepping on a sharp object.

The problem: Some pain cannot really be rectified. But our brain is mostly in problem solving mode,

The Role

Techniques to increase your pain tolerance

. Body Scan or Self-Listening Meditation . Resistence Training . Focused